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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

It was cool and cloudy as nine participants completed this week's survey. The most reliable and obvious clue to telling a male from female dragonfly of any species is the presence or absence of secondary genitalia. This translates to an extra projection at the base of a male's abdomen, easily seen from the side, as in the two images of Red Saddlebags shown below.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Phylloscelis atra (black leaf-leg)
photo by Val Bugh


Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebug)
photo by Val Bugh


Chinavia marginata & Chinavia hilaris (green stink bug nymphs)
photo by Pat Dittmar


Delphinia picta (picture-winged fly)
photo by Val Bugh


Compsocryptus sp. (ichneumon)
photo by Dan Zinn


Eumorpha fasciatus (banded sphinx larva)
photo by Val Bugh


Dolba hyloeus (pawpaw sphinx larva)
photo by Val Bugh


Manduca rustica (rustic sphinx larva)
photo by Val Bugh


Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing larva: 2 color forms)
photo by Val Bugh


Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm)
photo by Val Bugh


Harrisina sp. (grapeleaf skeletonizer larva)
photo by Val Bugh


Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar)
photo by Dan Zinn


Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper pupa)
photo by Val Bugh


Libytheana carinenta (American snout)
photo by Joe Fernandes


Alberada parabates (cactus borer moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Magusa divaricata (orbed narrow-wing)
photo by Val Bugh


Zale lunata (lunate zale)
photo by Val Bugh


Tramea onusta (red saddlebags, female)
photo by Harriett Wolf


Tramea onusta (red saddlebags, male)
photo by Val Bugh


Anolis carolinensis (green anole)
photo by Val Bugh

  • Birds:
    American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
    Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
    Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
    Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
    Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
    White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

  • Mammals:
    Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)

  • Reptiles:
    Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
    Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

  • Misc.:
    Garden Snail (Otala lactea)
    Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata)
    Earthworm (Unknown sp.)
    Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.)
    Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri)
    Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  nymphalidae  Agraulis vanillae  Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)
        Danaus gilippus  Queen
        Libytheana carinenta  American Snout
      lycaenidae  Hemiargus isola  Reakirt's Blue
      pieridae  Eurema nicippe  Sleepy Orange (larva)
        Zerene cesonia  Southern Dogface (larva)
        Phoebis sennae  Cloudless Sulphur
      papilionidae  Battus philenor  Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)
        Papilio cresphontes  Giant Swallowtail (larva)
      hesperiidae  Chioides albofasciatus  White-striped Longtail (larva)
        Systasea pulverulenta  Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)
        Lerodea eufala  Eufala Skipper (pupa)
        Hylephila phyleus  Fiery Skipper
      noctuidae  Galgula partita  The Wedgling
        Tarache tetragona  Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth
        Bagisara rectifascia  Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)
        Micrathetis triplex  Moth
        Phosphila miselioides  Spotted Phosphila (larva)
        Rachiplusia ou  Gray Looper Moth
        Mythimna unipuncta  Armyworm Moth
        Leucania incognita  Moth
        Cerathosia tricolor  Moth
        Spodoptera exigua  Beet Armyworm Moth
        Spodoptera frugiperda  Fall Armyworm Moth
        Magusa divaricata  Orbed Narrow-wing
        Amyna stricta  Eight-spot Moth
        Grotella septempunctata  Moth
      erebidae  Anticarsia gemmatalis  Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth
        Mocis latipes  Small Mocis
        Melipotis cellaris  Moth
        Zale lunata  Lunate Zale
      arctiidae  Hyphantria cunea  Fall Webworm (larva)
        Hypercompe scribonia  Great Leopard Moth (larva)
        Estigmene acrea  Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)
        Pareuchaetes insulata  Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)
      notodontidae  Lochmaeus bilineata  Double-lined Prominent (larva)
      saturniidae  Eacles imperialis  Imperial Moth (larva)
      sphingidae  Manduca rustica  Rustic Sphinx (larva)
        Eumorpha fasciatus  Banded Sphinx (larva)
        Eumorpha satellitia  Satellite Sphinx (larva)
        Dolba hyloeus  Pawpaw Sphinx (larva)
        Hemaris diffinis  Snowberry Clearwing (larva)
      geometridae  Pleuroprucha insulsaria  Common Tan Wave
        Eupithecia miserulata  Common Eupithecia
        Unknown sp.  Moth (larva)
      crambidae  Uresiphita reversalis  Genista Caterpillar (larva)
        Agriphila vulgivagella  Vagabond Crambus
      pyralidae  Alberada parabates  Cactus Borer Moth
      tortricidae  Sparganothoides lentiginosana  Lentiginos Moth
      oecophoridae  Inga cretacea  Chalky Inga
      gelechiidae  Deltophora glandiferella  Moth
        Aristotelia sp.  Moth
      blastobasidae  Blastobasis glandulella  Acorn Moth
      zygaenidae  Harrisina sp.  Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (larva)

    coleoptera  chrysomelidae  Anomoea rufifrons  Leaf Beetle
        Diabrotica undecimpunctata  Spotted Cucumber Beetle
        Oulema variabilis  Leaf Beetle
      coccinellidae  Harmonia axyridis  Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle
        Chilocorus stigma  Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle
      tenebrionidae  Eleodes goryi  Darkling Beetle
      carabidae  Pasimachus californicus  Ground Beetle
      curculionidae  Curculio sp.  Nut Weevil

    hemiptera  coreidae  Acanthocephala terminalis  Coreid Bug
        Acanthocephala declivis  Coreid Bug
      alydidae  Hyalymenus tarsatus  Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)
      lygaeidae  Ochrimnus mimulus  Seed Bug
        Oncopeltus fasciatus  Large Milkweed Bug
      miridae  Hesperolabops gelastops  Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)
        Dichrooscytus sp.  Plant Bug
        Neurocolpus sp.  Plant Bug
        Phytocoris sp.  Plant Bug
        Calocoris barberi  Plant Bug
      reduviidae  Zelus renardii  Assassin Bug (nymph)
      scutelleridae  Sphyrocoris obliquus  Shield Bug
      pentatomidae  Chinavia hilaris  Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)
        Chinavia marginata  Green Stink Bug (nymph)
        Thyanta custator  Stink Bug
        Euschistus servus  Brown Stink Bug
        Euschistus tristigmus  Stink Bug
        Euschistus obscurus  Stink Bug

    homoptera  cicadellidae  Hamana sp.  Leafhopper
      cixiidae  Melanoliarus sp.  Planthopper
      cercopidae  Lepyronia quadrangularis  Spittlebug
      dictyopharidae  Phylloscelis atra  Black Leaf-leg

    hymenoptera  ichneumonidae  Compsocryptus sp.  Ichneumon

    diptera  syrphidae  Allograpta obliqua  Flower Fly
        Eupeodes americanus  Flower Fly
      tachinidae  Trichopoda pennipes  Feather-legged Fly
        Unknown sp.  Tachinid Fly
      ulidiidae  Delphinia picta  Picture-winged Fly
      dolichopodidae  Condylostylus sp.  Long-legged Fly
      chironomidae  Unknown sp.  Midge

    odonata  libellulidae  Tramea onustra  Red Saddlebags

    orthoptera  acrididae  Melanoplus plebejus  Plebeian Grasshopper
        Melanoplus femurrubrum  Red-legged Grasshopper
        Melanoplus ponderosus  Ponderous Grasshopper
        Schistocerca lineata  Spotted Bird Grasshopper
      tettigoniidae  Pediodectes bruneri  Bruner Shieldback
      gryllidae  Oecanthus sp.  Tree Cricket (nymph)

    mantodea  mantidae  Stagmomantis carolina  Carolina Mantis
      thespidae  Oligonicella scudderi  Scudder's Mantis

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

    araneae  araneidae  Neoscona crucifera  Orbweaver
        Argiope aurantia  Black and Yellow Garden Spider (adult & egg sac)
      salticidae  Phidippus audax  Bold Jumper
      oxyopidae  Peucetia viridans  Green Lynx
      thomisidae  Mecaphesa sp.  Crab Spider
        Misumessus lappi  Crab Spider
      pholcidae  Crossopriza lyoni  Cellar Spider

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