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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

It was cold, windy and sunny as eleven participants completed this week's survey. Many insects have two kinds of eyes: compound and simple (ocelli). The wasp shown below illustrates their typical placement: a trio of ocelli located between the pair of large compound eyes.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse)
photo by Julie Shaw


Bombycilla cedrorum (cedar waxwing)
photo by Joe Fernandes


Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee)
photo by Julie Shaw


Pooecetes gramineus (vesper sparrow)
photo by Beth Kirkhart


Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch)
photo by Bill Boyd


Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner)
photo by Beth Kirkhart


Oncometopia orbona (leafhopper)
photo by Val Bugh


Lactura subfervens (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Phyllodesma americana (lappet moth)
photo by Joe Fernandes


Unknown sp. (longhorn beetle larva)
photo by Val Bugh


Notiobia sp. (ground beetle)
photo by Joe Fernandes


Paradidyma sp. (tachinid fly)
photo by Victoria Briseno


Periscepsia laevigata (tachinid fly)
photo by Victoria Briseno


Euborellia annulipes (ring-legged earwig)
photo by Val Bugh


Polistes rubiginosus (red wasp)
photo by Wei-Li Huang


Vanessa virginiensis (American lady)
photo by Val Bugh


Porcellionides sp. & Armadillidium vulgare (sowbug & pillbug)
photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh


Unknown sp. & Rumina decollata
(pupillid snail & immature decollate snail)
photo by Val Bugh


Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating flower fly)
photo by Val Bugh


Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard)
photo by Beth Kirkhart

  • Birds:
    American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
    Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
    Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
    Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
    Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
    Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
    Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
    Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
    Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)
    Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
    Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)
    Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
    Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
    Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
    White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)

  • Mammals:
    Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
    Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
    White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  • Reptiles & Fish:
    Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis)
    Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus)
    Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

  • Misc.:
    Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.)
    Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare)
    Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)
    Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.)
    Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.)
    Crested Millipede (Abacion texense)
    Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)
    Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.)
    Garden Snail (Otala lactea)
    Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata)
    Land Snail (Linisa texaniana)
    Pupillid Land Snail (Unknown sp.)
    Earthworm (Unknown sp.)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  nymphalidae  Vanessa virginiensis  American Lady
        Vanessa atalanta  Red Admiral
        Agraulis vanillae  Gulf Fritillary
      lycaenidae  Hemiargus ceraunus  Ceraunus Blue
      pieridae  Colias eurytheme  Orange Sulphur
      hesperiidae  Pyrgus communis/albescens  Common/White Checkered-skipper
      arctiidae  Estigmene acrea  Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)
      lasiocampidae  Phyllodesma americana  Lappet Moth
      lacturidae  Lactura subfervens  Moth

    coleoptera  chrysomelidae  Diabrotica undecimpunctata  Spotted Cucumber Beetle
        Phaedon sp.  Leaf Beetle
      coccinellidae  Cycloneda sanguinea  Red Lady Beetle
      cerambycidae  Unknown sp.  Longhorn Beetle (larva)
      carabidae  Notiobia sp.  Ground Beetle
        Aztecarpalus schaefferi  Ground Beetle

    hemiptera  rhyparochromidae  Pseudopamera setosa  Seed Bug

    homoptera  cicadellidae  Exitianus exitiosus  Leafhopper
        Oncometopia orbona  Leafhopper
      cercopidae  Lepyronia quadrangularis  Spittlebug
      aphididae  Unknown sp.  Aphid
      kermesidae  Allokermes sp.  Gall-like Scale

    hymenoptera  apidae  Apis mellifera  Honey Bee
      vespidae  Polistes rubiginosus  Red Wasp
      formicidae  Solenopsis invicta  Imported Fire Ant
        Camponotus festinatus  Carpenter Ant

    diptera  syrphidae  Eupeodes volucris  Flower Fly
        Copestylum avidum  Flower Fly
        Toxomerus marginatus  Flower Fly
      calliphoridae  Cynomya cadaverina  Bluebottle Fly
      anthomyiidae  Unknown sp.  Root Maggot Fly
      sarcophagidae  Unknown sp.  Flesh Fly
      tachinidae  Archytas marmoratus  Tachinid Fly
        Paradidyma sp.  Tachinid Fly
        Periscepsia laevigata  Tachinid Fly
      sciaridae  Unknown sp.  Dark-winged Fungus Gnat

    odonata  libellulidae  Sympetrum corruptum  Variegated Meadowhawk

    orthoptera  acrididae  Chortophaga viridifasciata  Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)

    dermaptera  anisolabididae  Euborellia annulipes  Ring-legged Earwig (adult & nymph)

    mantodea  mantidae  Stagmomantis carolina  Carolina Mantis (eggs)

    isoptera  rhinotermitidae  Reticulitermes sp.  Subterranean Termite

    araneae  thomisidae  Mecaphesa sp.  Crab Spider
      lycosidae  Schizocosa sp.  Wolf Spider
        Unknown sp.  Wolf Spider
        Rabidosa rabida  Rabid Wolf Spider
      pholcidae  Modisimus texanus  Cellar Spider

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