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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

A team of nine participated in this week's survey under cloudy, cold and very windy conditions. The species and common names of the wolf spider shown below reference a feature not visible in a dorsal view: a strikingly spotted belly!

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Zonotrichia querula (Harris's sparrow)
photo by Dan Hardy


Spizella pusilla (field sparrow)
photo by Bill Boyd


Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch)
photo by Bill Boyd


Turdus migratorius (American robin)
photo by Joe Fernandes


Bombycilla cedrorum (cedar waxwing)
photo by Bill Boyd


Rabidosa punctulata (dotted wolf spider: 2 views)
photo by Val Bugh


Melalgus plicatus (powder-post beetle)
photo by Val Bugh


Leptostylus transversus (longhorn beetle)
photo by Val Bugh


Argyresthia alternatella (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Cosmopterix sp. (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Ethmia semilugens & Unknown sp. (ethmia moth & mite)
photo by Val Bugh


Nemoria bifilata (white-barred emerald)
photo by Val Bugh


Nemoria zygotaria (emerald)
photo by Val Bugh


Tornos scolopacinaria (dimorphic gray)
photo by Val Bugh


Diastictis fracturalis (fractured western snout moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Phytometra orgiae (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Psaphida resumens (figure-eight sallow)
photo by Val Bugh


Psaphida rolandi (Roland's sallow)
photo by Val Bugh


Acronicta tota (dagger moth)
photo by Val Bugh

  • Birds:
    American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
    Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
    Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
    Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
    Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
    Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
    Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
    House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
    Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
    Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
    White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
    White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

  • Mammals:
    White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
    Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
    Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

  • Misc.:
    Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis), immature
    Mite (Unknown sp.)
    Marsh Slug (Deroceras laeve)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  noctuidae  Spodoptera ornithogalli  Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth
        Mythimna unipuncta  Armyworm Moth
        Galgula partita  The Wedgling
        Megalographa biloba  Bilobed Looper Moth
        Crambodes talidiformis  Verbena Moth
        Ponometia candefacta  Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth
        Agrotis ipsilon  Ipsilon Dart
        Psaphida rolandi  Roland's Sallow
        Psaphida resumens  Figure-eight Sallow
        Acronicta tota  Dagger Moth
      erebidae  Aon noctuiformis  Moth
        Caenurgina erechtea  Forage Looper Moth
        Phytometra orgiae  Moth
      nolidae  Meganola minuscula  Confused Meganola
      geometridae  Digrammia pallidata  Moth
        Digrammia atrofasciata  Moth
        Iridopsis defectaria  Brown-shaded Gray Moth
        Glena quinquelinearia  Five-lined Glena
        Holochroa dissociarius  Moth
        Paleacrita vernata  Spring Cankerworm Moth
        Lycia ypsilon  Woolly Gray
        Phigalia strigataria  Small Phigalia
        Tornos scolopacinaria  Dimorphic Gray
        Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria  Blackberry Looper Moth
        Nemoria zygotaria  Emerald
        Nemoria bifilata  White-barred Emerald
        Eupithecia miserulata  Common Eupithecia
      lasiocampidae  Phyllodesma americana  Lappet Moth
      crambidae  Diastictis fracturalis  Fractured Western Snout Moth
        Nomophila nearctica  Lucerne Moth
      pyralidae  Adelphia petrella  Moth
        Canarsia ulmiarrosorella  Elm Leaftier Moth
        Homoeosoma electella  Sunflower Moth
        Ephestiodes sp.  Moth
      tortricidae  Ancylis comptana  Strawberry Leafroller Moth
        Epinotia celtisana  Leafroller Moth
        Unknown sp.  Leafroller Moth
      gelechiidae  Anacampsis comparanda  Moth
        Aristotelia sp.  Moth
        Battaristis concinnusella  Moth
        Dichomeris ligulella  Palmerworm Moth
      depressariidae  Ethmia semilugens  Ethmia Moth
      bucculatricidae  Bucculatrix sp.  Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth
      cosmopterigidae  Cosmopterix sp.  Moth
      plutellidae  Plutella xylostella  Diamondback Moth
      pterophoridae  Adaina ambrosiae  Plume Moth
      ypsolophidae  Ypsolopha unicipunctella  Agarita Slug Moth
      yponomeutidae  Argyresthia alternatella  Moth
      opostegidae  Pseudopostega albogaleriella  Moth

    coleoptera  dytiscidae  Thermonectus nigrofasciatus  Predaceous Diving Beetle
      cerambycidae  Leptostylus transversus  Longhorn Beetle
      bostrichidae  Melalgus plicatus  Powder-post Beetle

    hemiptera  lygaeidae  Nysius sp.  False Chinch Bug
      pentatomidae  Chinavia hilaris  Green Stink Bug

    homoptera  cicadellidae  Balclutha neglecta  Leafhopper
        Excultanus excultus  Leafhopper
      aphalaridae  Pachypsylla sp.  Hackberry Psyllid
      aphididae  Tetraneura sp.  Aphid

    hymenoptera  braconidae  Phanerotoma sp.  Braconid Wasp
        Unknown sp.  Braconid Wasp
      cynipidae  Disholcaspis cinerosa  Mealy Oak Gall Wasp

    diptera  muscidae  Coenosia sp.  Tiger Fly
      agromyzidae  Unknown sp.  Leaf-miner Fly
      empididae  Unknown sp.  Dance Fly
      sciaridae  Unknown sp.  Dark-winged Fungus Gnat
      tipulidae  Tipula sp.  Crane Fly
      ceratopogonidae  Forcipomyia sp.  Biting Midge
      chironomidae  Chironomus sp.  Midge

    orthoptera  gryllidae  Gryllus sp.  Field Cricket

    neuroptera  chrysopidae  Chrysoperla rufilabris  Green Lacewing

    araneae  dictynidae  Dictyna sp.  Meshweb Weaver
      lycosidae  Rabidosa punctulata  Dotted Wolf Spider

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