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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

A team of sixteen completed this week's survey on a warm, rainy day. The mammals shown below both have brownish-grayish fur but the details differ. The rodent displays agouti coloration, in which every hair has multiple bands of pigmentation, giving it a frosted look, while each deer hair is a single hue.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Helicina orbiculata (globular drop)
photo by Val Bugh


Xylocopa virginica (very wet eastern carpenter bee)
photo by Beth Kirkhart


Apis mellifera (honey bee)
photo by Rob Gonzalez


Mecaphesa sp. & Apis mellifera (crab spider
eating honey bee)
photo by Rob Gonzalez


Tibellus sp. (running crab spider)
photo by Val Bugh


Eustala anastera (orbweaver)
photo by Val Bugh


Eumesosoma roeweri (harvestman)
photo by Julie Shaw


Unknown sp. (mealybugs: female & male)
photo by Val Bugh


Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug nymph)
photo by Julie Shaw


Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)
photo by George Ward


Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel)
photo by Michael Knox


Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis)
photo by Julie Shaw


Atinus monilicornis (ant-loving beetle)
photo by Val Bugh


Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner)
photo by George Ward


Lanius ludovicianus (loggerhead shrike)
photo by George Ward


Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird)
photo by Bill Boyd


Sialia sialis (eastern bluebird)
photo by Beth Kirkhart


Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer)
photo by Rob Gonzalez


Eupithecia longidens (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary)
photo by George Ward

  • Birds:
    American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
    Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
    Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
    Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
    Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
    Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
    Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
    Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
    Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
    House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
    Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)
    Lesser Goldfinch (Empidonax minimus)
    Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
    Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)
    Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
    Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
    Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
    White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
    White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

  • Mammals:
    Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging
    White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
    Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
    Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat
    Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat
    Coyote (Canis latrans)
    Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat

  • Fish:
    Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
    Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna)

  • Misc.:
    Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata)
    Milk Snail (Otala lactea)
    Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes)
    Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)
    Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  nymphalidae  Danaus gilippus  Queen
        Agraulis vanillae  Gulf Fritillary
        Junonia coenia  Common Buckeye
        Mestra amymone  Common Mestra
      pieridae  Eurema lisa  Little Yellow
        Eurema nicippe  Sleepy Orange
      hesperiidae  Chioides albofasciatus  White-striped Longtail
        Lerema accius  Clouded Skipper
      noctuidae  Micrathetis triplex  Triplex Cutworm Moth
        Galgula partita  The Wedgling
        Tarache aprica  Exposed Bird Dropping Moth
        Tripudia rectangula  Moth
        Tripudia quadrifera  Moth
        Cydosia aurivitta  Straight-lined Cydosia
        Elaphria festivoides  Festive Midget
        Ogdoconta tacna  Moth
        Orthodes furtiva  Moth
        Spodoptera frugiperda  Fall Armyworm Moth
        Anicla infecta  Green Cutworm Moth
      erebidae  Lesmone hinna  Owlet Moth
        Eublemma recta  Moth
        Bleptina inferior  Moth
        Metria amella  Live Oak Metria
        Phytometra orgiae  Moth
      arctiidae  Cisthene tenuifascia  Thin-banded Lichen Moth
        Cisthene unifascia  Lichen Moth
        Estigmene acrea  Salt Marsh Moth (larva)
        Pareuchaetes insulata  Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)
      geometridae  Digrammia atrofasciata  Moth
        Digrammia pallidata  Moth
        Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria  Blackberry Looper (larva)
        Glenoides texanaria  Texas Gray Moth
        Scopula umbilicata  Swag-lined Wave
        Rindgea cyda  Mesquite Looper Moth
        Lobocleta ossularia  Drab Brown Wave
        Eupithecia longidens  Moth
      crambidae  Urola nivalis  Snowy Urola
        Uresiphita reversalis  Genista Caterpillar Moth (larva)
        Glaphyria sesquistrialis  White-roped Glaphyria
        Microcrambus croesus  Grass-veneer Moth
        Agriphila vulgivagella  Vagabond Crambus
        Unknown sp.  Moth
      pyralidae  Bandera binotella  Moth
        Eurythmia angulella  Moth
        Peoria bipartitella  Grass-veneer Moth
        Eremberga insignis  Cactus Borer Moth
      tortricidae  Cydia latiferreana  Filbertworm Moth
        Pelochrista canana  Leafroller Moth
        Bactra verutana  Javelin Moth
      gelechiidae  Isophrictis similiella  Moth
        Battaristis concinnusella  Moth
        Deltophora glandiferella  Moth
        Recurvaria sp.  Moth
        Gnorimoschema saphirinella  Moth
      blastobasidae  Blastobasis glandulella  Acorn Moth
        Pigritia sp.  Moth
        Unknown sp.  Moth
      pterophoridae  Hellinisia inquinatus  Black-marked Plume Moth
        Unknown sp.  Plume Moth
      carposinidae  Carposina ottawana  Peach Fruitworm Moth
      scythrididae  Scythris fuscicomella  Moth
        Scythris trivinctella  Moth
      depressariidae  Antaeotricha humilis  Dotted Antaeotricha Moth
      zygaenidae  Harrisina coracina  Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth
      bucculatricidae  Bucculatrix sp.  Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth
      tineidae  Xystrologa new sp.  Moth

    coleoptera  chrysomelidae  Acanthoscelides sp.  Bean Weevil
      cerambycidae  Styloxus fulleri  Longhorn Beetle
      carabidae  Pasimachus californicus  Ground Beetle
      staphylinidae  Philonthus rufulus  Rove Beetle
        Atinus monilicornis  Ant-loving Beetle
      tenebrionidae  Eleodes goryi  Desert Stink Beetle
      mycetophagidae  Typhaea stercorea  Hairy Fungus Beetle
      scarabaeidae  Euphoria sepulcralis  Spangled Flower Beetle
      elateridae  Unknown sp.  Click Beetle (larva)
      bostrichidae  Xylobiops sp.  Powder-post Beetle
      curculionidae  Curculio sp.  Nut Weevil

    hemiptera  coreidae  Mozena lunata  Mesquite Bug
        Chelinidea vittiger  Opuntia Bug (nymph)
      alydidae  Hyalymenus tarsatus  Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)
      largidae  Largus succinctus  Largus Bug (adult & nymph)
      rhyparochromidae  Pseudopamera nitidula  Seed Bug
      miridae  Phytocoris sp.  Plant Bug
        Pseudatomoscelis seriatus  Cotton Flea Hopper
        Dichrooscytus sp.  Plant Bug
      pentatomidae  Euschistus servus  Brown Stink Bug
        Euschistus sp.  Stink Bug (nymph)

    homoptera  cicadellidae  Menosoma cincta  Leafhopper
        Paraphlepsius sp.  Leafhopper
        Eutettix sp.  Leafhopper
        Homalodisca vitripennis  Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
        Scaphoideus sp.  Leafhopper
        Acinopterus sp.  Leafhopper
        Norvellina helenae  Leafhopper
        Protalebrella conica  Leafhopper
        Gyponana sp.  Leafhopper
        Hamana manifesta  Leafhopper
        Atanus sp.  Leafhopper
        Balclutha rubrostriata  Leafhopper
        Erythridula sp.  Leafhopper
        Cantura jucunda  Leafhopper
        Unknown sp.  Leafhopper
      cixiidae  Melanoliarus sp.  Planthopper
      delphacidae  Metadelphax propinqua  Planthopper
        Tagosodes orizicolus  Rice Delphacid
        Tagosodes sp.  Planthopper
      achilidae  Catonia texana  Planthopper
      flatidae  Metcalfa pruinosa  Citrus Planthopper
      carsidaridae  Pachypsylla sp.  Hackberry Psyllid
      pseudococcidae  Unknown sp.  Mealybug
      aphididae  Aphis nerii  Oleander Aphid
        Monellia caryella  Blackmargined Pecan Aphid
        Tinocallis sp.  Aphid
      dactylopiidae  Dactylopius sp.  Cochineal Insect

    hymenoptera  apidae  Apis mellifera  Honey Bee
        Bombus pensylvanicus  American Bumble Bee
        Bombus sonorus  Sonoran Bumble Bee
        Xylocopa virginica  Eastern Carpenter Bee
      vespidae  Polistes exclamans  Paper Wasp
      sphecidae  Ammophila sp.  Thread-waisted Wasp
      pompilidae  Pepsis sp.  Tarantula-hawk Wasp
      formicidae  Unknown sp.  Ant
      eulophidae  Elasmus sp.  Wasp
      braconidae  Unknown sp.  Braconid Wasp

    diptera  syrphidae  Palpada pusilla  Flower Fly
        Dioprosopa clavata  Flower Fly
      phoridae  Unknown sp.  Scuttle Fly
      sarcophagidae  Unknown sp.  Flesh Fly
      chironomidae  Chironomus sp.  Midge
      cecidomyiidae  Unknown sp.  Gall Midge

    odonata  libellulidae  Sympetrum corruptum  Variegated Meadowhawk
      coenagrionidae  Argia immunda  Kiowa Dancer

    orthoptera  acrididae  Melanoplus femurrubrum  Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)
        Melanoplus plebejus  Plebeian Grasshopper
        Melanoplus differentialis  Differential Grasshopper
        Melanoplus bispinosus  Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper
        Melanoplus sanguinipes  Migratory Grasshopper
        Eritettix abortivus  Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper
        Lactista azteca  Aztec Bandwing
        Chortophaga viridifasciata  Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)
      tettigoniidae  Conocephalus strictus  Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid
      tetrigidae  Paratettix mexicanus  Pygmy Grasshopper

    mantodea  mantidae  Stagmomantis carolina  Carolina Mantis

    blattodea  corydiidae  Arenivaga tonkawa  Sand Roach

    isoptera  rhinotermitidae  Reticulitermes sp.  Subterranean Termite

    neuroptera  chrysopidae  Chrysoperla rufilabris  Green Lacewing
      berothidae  Lomamyia squamosa  Beaded Lacewing

    mecoptera  panorpidae  Panorpa nuptialis  Scorpionfly

    trichoptera  leptoceridae  Oecetis inconspicua  Long-horned Caddisfly
      hydroptilidae  Unknown sp.  Microcaddisfly

    araneae  araneidae  Argiope aurantia  Black and Yellow Garden Spider
        Argiope trifasciata  Banded Garden Spider
        Eustala anastera  Orbweaver
      salticidae  Pelegrina galathea  Peppered Jumper
      thomisidae  Mecaphesa dubia  Crab Spider
        Mecaphesa sp.  Crab Spider
      philodromidae  Tibellus sp.  Running Crab Spider
      oxyopidae  Peucetia viridans  Green Lynx
      dictynidae  Dictyna sp.  Meshweb Weaver

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