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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

Five participants conducted this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. Webspinners are small insects that live in silken tunnels built on the ground. They have enlarged front legs (see below) which contain glands to produce the webbing. This must be the inspiration for Spiderman, as spider silk comes from a different part of the body.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Bufo nebulifer (gulf coast toad)
photo by Val Bugh


Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard)
photo by Val Bugh


Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren dust bathing)
photo by Harriett Wolf


Argia translata (dusky dancer, teneral female)
photo by Val Bugh


Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher obelisking)
photo by Val Bugh


Lobocleta ossularia (drab brown wave)
photo by Val Bugh


Oligotoma sp. (webspinner, male)
photo by Val Bugh


Banasa euchlora (stink bug)
photo by Dan Zinn


Jadera haematoloma (red-shouldered bug)
photo by Val Bugh


Zelus renardii (assassin bug nymph eating leafhopper)
photo by Val Bugh


Tibicen texanus (Texas cicada)
photo by Val Bugh


Dicerca sp. (metallic woodborer)
photo by Dan Zinn


Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spotted ladybird larva eating aphid)
photo by Dan Zinn


Tabanus sp. (horse fly)
photo by Val Bugh


Promachus hinei (robber fly, female)
photo by Harriett Wolf


Megachile sp. (leafcutter bee, male grooming)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (braconid wasp)
photo by Val Bugh


Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas short-winged grasshopper)
photo by Val Bugh


Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper nymph)
photo by Val Bugh


Paracyrtophyllus robustus (truncated true katydid, female cleaning her foot)
photo by Val Bugh

  • Birds:
    Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
    Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
    Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
    Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica)
    White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
    Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

  • Mammals:
    Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
    Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
    Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

  • Other Vertebrates:
    Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
    Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus)
    Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer)
    Long-eared Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)

  • Misc.:
    Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.)
    Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.)
    Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  nymphalidae  Agraulis vanillae  Gulf Fritillary (adult & pupa)
        Asterocampa celtis  Hackberry Emperor
        Polygonia interrogationis  Question Mark
        Chlosyne lacinia  Bordered Patch
        Danaus gilippus  Queen
      pieridae  Eurema nicippe  Sleepy Orange
        Eurema lisa  Little Yellow
      lycaenidae  Hemiargus isola  Reakirt's blue
      papilionidae  Papilio cresphontes  Giant Swallowtail
      noctuidae  Condica videns  White-dotted Groundling
        Bagisara nr. rectifascia  Moth (larva)
      arctiidae  Cisseps fulvicollis  Yellow-collared Scape Moth
        Lycomorpha pholus  Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (larva)
      geometridae  Nemoria zygotaria  Emerald
        Lobocleta ossularia  Drab Brown Wave
        Synchlora frondaria  Camouflaged Looper (larva)
        Pimaphera percata  Moth
        Hammaptera parinotata  Moth
      crambidae  Desmia subdivisalis  Moth
        Urola nivalis  Snowy Urola
        Stemorrhages costata  Moth
      limacodidae  Euclea incisa  Oak Slug Moth
      gelechiidae  Isophrictis similiella  Moth
        Polyhymno luteostrigella  Moth

    coleoptera  coccinellidae  Harmonia axyridis  Multi-colored Asian Ladybird
        Coccinella septempunctata  Seven-spotted Ladybird (larva)
        Hippodamia convergens  Convergent Ladybird
        Cycloneda sanguinea  Red Ladybird
        Psyllobora renifer  Ladybird Beetle
      buprestidae  Dicerca sp.  Metallic Woodborer
      tenebrionidae  Eleodes goryi  Darkling Beetle
        Blapstinus sp.  Darkling Beetle
      scarabaeidae  Ataenius platensis  Aphodiine Dung Beetle
      bostrichidae  Xylobiops sp.  Powder-post Beetle
      dytiscidae  Laccophilus pictus  Predaceous Diving Beetle

    hemiptera  coreidae  Acanthocephala terminalis  Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)
        Hypselonotus punctiventris  Coreid Bug (nymph)
        Leptoglossus clypealis  Leaf-footed Bug
        Anasa tristis  Squash Bug
        Narnia femorata  Cactus Bug
      rhopalidae  Jadera haematoloma  Red-shouldered Bug
      rhyparochromidae  Ozophora picturata  Seed Bug
      reduviidae  Zelus renardii  Assassin Bug (nymph)
      pentatomidae  Euschistus servus  Brown Stink Bug
        Banasa euchlora  Stink Bug
        Dendrocoris humeralis  Stink Bug
        Podisus maculiventris  Predatory Stink Bug

    homoptera  cicadellidae  Neokolla dolobrata  Leafhopper
        Graphocephala versuta  Leafhopper
        Homalodisca vitripennis  Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
        Texananus excultus  Leafhopper
      cercopidae  Clastoptera sp.  Spittlebug
      membracidae  Vanduzea sp.  Treehopper
      cixiidae  Oecleus sp.  Planthopper
      cicadidae  Tibicen texanus  Cicada
      aphididae  Unknown sp.  Aphid

    hymenoptera  apidae  Apis mellifera  Honey Bee
        Bombus pensylvanicus  American Bumble Bee
      megachilidae  Megachile sp.  Leaf-cutter Bee
      sphecidae  Sphex ichneumoneus  Great Golden Digger Wasp
      vespidae  Polistes exclamans  Paper Wasp
        Polistes dorsalis  Paper Wasp
        Polistes carolina  Red Wasp
      torymidae  Unknown sp.  Torymid Wasp
      chrysididae  Unknown sp.  Cuckoo Wasp
      braconidae  Unknown sp.  Braconid Wasp

    diptera  dolichopodidae  Condylostylus sp.  Long-legged Fly
        Unknown sp.  Long-legged Fly
      asilidae  Promachus hinei  Robber Fly
      tabanidae  Tabanus sp.  Horse Fly
      culicidae  Aedes albopictus  Asian Tiger Mosquito

    odonata  coenagrionidae  Ischnura ramburii  Rambur's Forktail
        Argia immunda  Kiowa Dancer
        Argia translata  Dusky Dancer
        Telebasis salva  Desert Firetail
      aeshnidae  Anax junius  Common Green Darner (exuviae)
      libellulidae  Libellula croceipennis  Neon Skimmer
        Pachydiplax longipennis  Blue Dasher

    orthoptera  acrididae  Melanoplus flabellatus  Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper
        Melanoplus ponderosus  Ponderous Grasshopper
        Chortophaga viridifasciata  Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)
        Lactista aztecus  Aztec Bandwing
        Dichromorpha viridis  Short-winged Green Grasshopper
        Mermiria sp.  Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)
        Syrbula sp.  Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)
        Schistocerca sp.  Bird Grasshopper (nymph)
      tettigoniidae  Scudderia furcata  Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)
        Dichopetala catinata  Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid
        Paracyrtophyllus robustus  Truncated True Katydid
      gryllidae  Oecanthus varicornis  Tree Cricket

    mantodea  mantidae  Stagmomantis carolina  Carolina Mantis (eggs)

    blattodea  blattelidae  Parcoblatta sp.  Wood Roach

    neuroptera  myrmeleontidae  Brachynemurus sp.  Antlion

    embioptera  oligotomidae  Oligotoma sp.  Webspinner

    araneae  salticidae  Anasaitis canosa  Jumping Spider
        Pelegrina galathea  Peppered Jumper
      araneidae  Mangora placida  Orbweaver
        Argiope aurantia  Black and Yellow Garden Spider
      dictynidae  Unknown sp.  Meshweb Weaver

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