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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

A group of seven participated in this week's survey. It was cold and windy, with almost constant light rain. As shown below, the Great Horned Owl is back on her nest for the 10th year in a row (she first nested there in 2011). She has shifted the soil in the planter over the years and now often sits much lower than she previously did.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Lycia ypsilon (woolly gray: close-up of antennae)
photo by Val Bugh


Lycia ypsilon (woolly gray)
photo by Val Bugh


Phigalia titea (the halfwing)
photo by Val Bugh


Phigalia strigataria (small phigalia)
photo by Val Bugh


Pimaphera sparsaria (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Mythimna unipuncta (armyworm moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Spilosoma dubia (dubious tiger moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Bubo virginianus (great horned owl)
photo by Bill Boyd


Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren)
photo by Bill Boyd


Empoasca fabae (potato leafhopper)
photo by Val Bugh


Metaltella simoni (spider)
photo by Joe Fernandes


Aniulus sp. (millipede)
photo by Val Bugh

  • Birds:
    American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

  • Mammals:
    Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)

  • Misc.:
    Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare)
    Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.)
    Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  noctuidae  Mythimna unipuncta  Armyworm Moth
        Megalographa biloba  Bilobed Looper Moth
      arctiidae  Spilosoma dubia  Dubious Tiger Moth
      erebidae  Aon noctuiformis  Moth
      geometridae  Lycia ypsilon  Woolly Gray
        Phigalia titea  The Halfwing
        Phigalia strigataria  Small Phigalia
        Pimaphera sparsaria  Moth
      pyralidae  Arta epicoenalis  Arta Moth
      tortricidae  Pseudexentera knudsoni  Leafroller Moth
        Unknown sp.  Moth
      lacturidae  Lactura subfervens  Moth

    homoptera  cicadellidae  Empoasca fabae  Potato Leafhopper

    araneae  amphinectidae  Metaltella simoni  Spider

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