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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

It was a cold and partly sunny morning as nine volunteers completed this week's survey. A group of moths called "emeralds" are so named because of their typically green color. Some, however, have an additional brown color form, as shown below.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Otala lactea (garden snail)
photo by Val Bugh


Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider, male)
photo by Val Bugh


Eutreta sp. (fruit fly)
photo by Val Bugh


Copestylum tamaulipanum (flower fly)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (tachinid fly)
photo by Barbara Ribble


Ephestiodes sp. (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Schizura errucata (prominent)
photo by Barbara Ribble


Peridroma saucia (pearly underwing)
photo by Val Bugh


Acronicta tota (dagger)
photo by Barbara Ribble


Charadra dispulsa (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Macaria aequiferaria (woody angle)
photo by Barbara Ribble


Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Nemoria bifilata (white-barred emerald, brown form)
photo by Barbara Ribble


Lioptilodes albistriolatus (plume moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Lerema accius (clouded skipper)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (green lacewing egg)
photo by Val Bugh


Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid hatchling)
photo by Val Bugh


Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp)
photo by Val Bugh


Ophion sp. (ichneumon)
photo by Val Bugh


Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal)
photo by Dan Zinn

  • Birds:
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
    Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
    Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
    Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
    Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
    Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
    Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
    Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
    Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
    Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
    Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
    Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
    Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
    Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
    White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
    White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
    White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)

  • Mammals:
    Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)

  • Reptiles & Amphibians:
    Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus)
    Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
    Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles

  • Misc.:
    Garden Snail (Otala lactea)
    Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.)
    Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  nymphalidae  Vanessa atalanta  Red Admiral
      pieridae  Phoebis sennae  Cloudless Sulphur
        Nathalis iole  Dainty Sulphur
      papilionidae  Battus philenor  Pipevine Swallowtail
      lycaenidae  Callophrys gryneus  Juniper Hairstreak
      hesperiidae  Erynnis funeralis  Funereal Duskywing
        Erynnis horatius  Horace's Duskywing
        Lerema accius  Clouded Skipper
      noctuidae  Galgula partita  The Wedgling
        Acronicta tota  Dagger
        Charadra dispulsa  Moth
        Peridroma saucia  Pearly Underwing
        Morrisonia mucens  Moth
        Copivaleria grotei  Grote's Sallow
        Cobubatha lixiva  Moth
        Ponometia candefacta  Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth
        Maliattha concinnimacula  Red-spotted Lithocodia
      erebidae  Aon noctuiformis  Moth
        Hypena scabra  Green Cloverworm Moth
      arctiidae  Estigmene acrea  Saltmarsh Moth
      notodontidae  Litodonta hydromeli  Prominent
        Schizura errucata  Prominent
      sphingidae  Hyles lineata  White-lined Sphinx
      saturniidae  Hyalophora cecropia  Cecropia Moth
      geometridae  Digrammia sp.  Moth
        Digrammia atrofasciata  Moth
        Phigalia strigataria  Small Phigalia
        Macaria aequiferaria  Woody Angle
        Costaconvexa centrostrigaria  Bent-line Carpet
        Eupithecia bolterii  Moth
        Eupithecia miserulata  Common Eupithecia
        Glena quinquelinearia  Five-lined Glena
        Pimaphera percata  Moth
        Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria  Blackberry Looper Moth
        Nemoria bifilata  White-barred Emerald
      crambidae  Pyrausta volupialis  Pyrausta Moth
        Uresiphita reversalis  Genista Caterpillar (larva)
        Udea rubigalis  Celery Leaftier Moth
        Diastictis fracturalis  Moth
        Euchromius ocelleus  Grass-veneer Moth
      pyralidae  Laetilia coccidivora  Scale-feeding Snout Moth
        Ephestiodes sp.  Moth
      tortricidae  Pseudexentera sp.  Leafroller Moth
      elachistidae  Ethmia semilugens  Ethmia Moth
        Ethmia zelleriella  Zeller's Ethmia
      gelechiidae  Battaristis concinusella  Moth
      blastobasidae  Blastobasis glandulella  Acorn Moth
      copromorphidae  Ellabella editha  Tropical Fruitworm Moth
      pterophoridae  Lioptilodes albistriolatus  Plume Moth
      ypsolophidae  Ypsolopha unicipunctella  Agarita Slug (larva)

    coleoptera  chrysomelidae  Oeulema collaris  Leaf Beetle
      coccinellidae  Harmonia axyridis  Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle
        Hippodamia convergens  Convergent Lady Beetle
        Coccinella septempunctata  Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
      meloidae  Pyrota insulata  Blister Beetle
      curculionidae  Hypera postica  Weevil (larva & pupa)

    hemiptera  rhopalidae  Niesthrea louisianica  Scentless Plant Bug
      pentatomidae  Euschistus servus  Brown Stink Bug
        Mecidea major  Grass Stink Bug
      reduviidae  Zelus cervicalis  Assassin Bug
      miridae  Lopidea major  Plant Bug (nymph)

    homoptera  kermisidae  Allokermes sp.  Gall-like Scale
      delphacidae  Megamelus sp.  Planthopper
      aphididae  Unknown sp.  Aphid

    hymenoptera  apidae  Apis mellifera  Honey Bee
      megachilidae  Osmia ribifloris  Mason Bee
      halictidae  Lasioglossum sp.  Sweat Bee
        Unknown sp.  Green Sweat Bee
      vespidae  Polistes exclamans  Paper Wasp
        Polistes dorsalis  Paper Wasp
      formicidae  Camponotus sayi  Carpenter Ant
        Pseudomyrmex sp.  Twig Ant (alate)
      ichneumonidae  Ophion sp.  Ichneumon

    diptera  tipulidae  Tipula sp.  Crane Fly
      syrphidae  Copestylum tamaulipanum  Flower Fly
        Copestylum avidum  Flower Fly
        Allograpta obliqua  Flower Fly
      tachinidae  Unknown sp.  Tachinid Fly
      calliphoridae  Calliphora sp.  Blow Fly
      pyrgotidae  Boreothrinax maculipennis  Pyrgotid Fly
      platystomatidae  Senopterina caerulescens  Signal Fly
      tephritidae  Eutreta sp.  Fruit Fly

    orthoptera  acrididae  Chortophaga viridifasciata  Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)
        Paraidemona sp.  Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)
      tettigoniidae  Scudderia furcata  Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)

    neuroptera  chrysopidae  Chrysoperla sp.  Green Lacewing (adult & egg)

    trichoptera  hydropsychidae  Hydropsyche sp.  Netspinning Caddisfly

    araneae  tetragnathidae  Tetragnatha laboriosa  Silver Longjawed Orbweaver
      salticidae  Phidippus audax  Bold Jumper
      lycosidae  Schizocosa sp.  Wolf Spider
      thomisidae  Mecaphesa sp.  Crab Spider

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