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  1. Clouded Skipper (open-wing)

    Clouded Skipper (open-wing)

    Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius: Hesperidae) Wingspan is 3.2-4.4 cm (1.25-1.75 in). Perched on a leaf of Heart-leaf Tie-vine (Ipomoea cordatotriloba). Photographed at Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Oak/yaupon/farkelberry dominated sand hill at ca. 100 m (333 ft)...
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    • accius brazos clouded college station county hesperidae lerema lick creek park skipper texas usa
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    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  2. Live by the sword......

    Live by the sword......

    Cardinal Jumping Spider (Phidippus cardinalis: Salticidae) Ironically, its prey is an Assassin bug. Photographed in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwood woodland dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft)...
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    • brazos cardinal cardinalis college station county jumping lick creek park phidippus salticidae spider texas usa
    • Comments: 28
    • Category: Invertebrates
  3. Black Blister Beetle

    Black Blister Beetle

    Black Blister Beetle (Epicauta pennsylvanica: Meloidae) They are 1.0-2.54 cm long (0.38-1.0 in). Photographed on Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima). Photographed in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwood woodland dominated by Cedar elm and water oak...
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    • beetle black blister brazos college station county epicauta lick creek meloidae park pennsylvanica texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Invertebrates
  4. Eastern Carpenter Bee

    Eastern Carpenter Bee

    Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica: Apidae) They range from 1.9-2.3 cm (0.75-0.90 in) long and are about the size of a large bumblebee. Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation...
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    • apidae bee brazos bryan camelot carpenter county eastern park texas usa virginica xylocopa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Invertebrates
  5. Cuckoo Wasp

    Cuckoo Wasp

    Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis sp.: Chrysididae) This Cuckoo Wasp is ca. 1.5 cm (0.6 in) long and was found nectaring on Cowpen daisy (Verbesina encelioides) . Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft)...
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    • brazos bryan camelot chrysididae chrysis county cuckoo park texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Invertebrates
  6. Scorpion Fly (male)

    Scorpion Fly (male)

    Scorpion Fly (Panorpa nuptialis: Panorpidae) These harmless flies are ca. 1.9 cm (0.75 in) long. They emerge as adults in our area from Sep-Nov (Dec). Their name is derived from the male genitalia and genitalia plate which coils and resembles a scorpions tail. The female has no posterior...
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    • college station fly lick creek panoprpidae panorpa nuptialis park scorpion texas usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Invertebrates
  7. Carus Skipper

    Carus Skipper

    Carus Skipper (Polites carus: Hesperiidae) Wingspan 2.5-3.2 cm (1.0-1.25 in). Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area. Watered flowerbed adjacent...
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    • brazos bryan camelot carus county hesperiidae park polites skipper texas usa
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  8. Southern Spotted Cucumber Beetle

    Southern Spotted Cucumber Beetle

    Southern Spotted Cucumber Beetle also known as the Southern Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi: Chrysomelidae) These small attractive beetles range from 5.5-7mm (0.22-0.28 in) long. However attractive, they are a major agricultural pest. Photographed at Lick Creek Park, College...
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    • beetle brazos chrysomelidae college station county cucumber diabrotica howardi lick creek park southern spotted texas undecimpunctata us
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Invertebrates
  9. Red-jointed Fiddler Crab (male)

    Red-jointed Fiddler Crab (male)

    Red-jointed Fiddler Crab (Uca minax: Ocypodoidea) These crustaceans gain a maximum carapace (shell) width of 3.8 cm (1.5 in). Only the males have a single enlarged claw. Either the left or right can be enlarged, apparently it is a 50/50 chance on which one becomes enlarged. Photographed in...
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    • aransas county crab fiddler goose island minax ocypodoidea park red-jointed state texas uca usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Invertebrates
  10. Fawn-spotted Skipper

    Fawn-spotted Skipper

    Fawn Spotted Skipper (Cymaenes odilia: Hesperiidae) This grass Skipper has a wingspan of 2.1-3.1 cm (0.81-1.19 in). Photographed on Tropical threefold (Trixus inula: Asteraceae) in Falcon State Park, Falcon Heights, Starr County, Texas, USA. Tamaulipan scrub in the South Texas Plains...
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    • county cymaenes falcon fawn hesperiidae odilia park skipper spotted starr state texas usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  11. Ruddy Turnstone (breeding plumage)

    Ruddy Turnstone (breeding plumage)

    Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres morinella) There are two recognized subspecies with only subspecies morinella mapped for Texas. Sexes similar. Indian Point Park and Pier, Portland, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Bay side, Corpus Christi Bay.
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    • arenaria county indian interpres morinella nueces park point portland ruddy texas turnstone usa
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    • Category: North America
  12. Black and Yellow Mud Dauber

    Black and Yellow Mud Dauber

    Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium: Sphecidae) These thread-wasted wasps are 2.4-2.8 cm (0.94-1.0 in) long. Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation. Post Oak...
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    • black brazos bryan caementarium camelot county dauber mud park sceliphron sphecidae texas usa yellow
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  13. Solider Fly

    Solider Fly

    Solider Fly (Hoplitimyia constans: Stratiomyidae) These flies are from 1.0-1.5 cm (0.39-0.59 in) long. Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area...
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    • brazos bryan camelot constans county fly hoplitimyia park solider stratiomyidae texas
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  14. Barred Bee Fly

    Barred Bee Fly

    Barred Bee Fly [Exoprosopa fasciata (group): Bombyllidae] These bee flies range from 1.4-2.2 cm (0.55-087 in ) long. Photographed at Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Oak/yaupon/farkelberry dominated sand hill at ca. 100 m (333 ft) elevation.
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    • barred bee bombyllidae brazos college station county exoprosopa fasciata fly lick creek park texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  15. Carolina Mantis

    Carolina Mantis

    Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina: Mantidae) Adult females like this one grow to 4.7-6.0 cm (1.85- 2.36 in) long. They have much wider abdomens than males. Their colors vary dependent on their environment. They are noted for cannibalism which can happen at anytime the opportunity presents...
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    • brazos bryan camelot carolina county mantidae mantis park stagmomantis texas usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Invertebrates
  16. Texas Ironclad Beetle

    Texas Ironclad Beetle

    Texas Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani: Zopheridae) These large and conspicuous beetles get 1.9-3.8 cm (0.75-1.5 in) long. Photographed in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. On a decaying tree in the bottomlands dominated by cedar elm and water oak with...
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    • beetle brazos college station county haldemani ironclad lick creek nodulosus park texas usa zoperus zopheridae
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Invertebrates
  17. Tropical Milkweed (fruit with seeds)

    Tropical Milkweed (fruit with seeds)

    Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica: Asclepiadaceae) The fruit type of Asclepias are called follicles which have seeds that are designed for wind dispersal (anemochory) by means of a pappus or floss. Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Watered flower bed adjacent to a creek.
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    • asclepiadaceae asclepias brazos bryan camelot county curassavica milkweed park texas tropical usa
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  18. Tropical Milkweed

    Tropical Milkweed

    Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica: Asclepiadaceae) These sub-shrub perennials can grow to heights of 1.2 m (4 ft). They could be used as annuals in more temperate climates. They are choice plants for monarchs and their mimics as well as many bee species. Aphids can be a problem...
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    • asclepiadaceae asclepias brazos bryan camelot county curassavica milkweed park texas tropical usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  19. Feather-legged Fly

    Feather-legged Fly

    Feather-legged Fly (Trichopoda pennipes: Tachinidae) These brightly colored flies are ca. 1 cm (0.38 in) long. Photographed in Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational...
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    • brazos bryan camelot county feather-legged fly park pennipes tachinidae texas trichopoda usa
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  20. Gray Hairstreak

    Gray Hairstreak

    Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus: Lycaenidae) They have a wingspan of 2.5-3.2 cm (1.0-1.25 in). Photographed on Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima) in Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation. Post Oak...
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    • brazos bryan camelot county gray hairstreak lycaenidae melinus park strymon texas usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  21. Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto decaocto) Three subspecies have been described with two being recognized. The nominate has been introduced into the USA. This large dove has become a very common and wide spread bird, both in urban and rural settings across all of Texas. Sexes...
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    • collared dove eurasian fulton goose island park state streptopelia decaocto texas usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  22. Fly Yoga

    Fly Yoga

    Drone Fly, Hoverfly, Flower Fly, or Syrphid Fly (Palpada vinetorum: Syrphidae) They are robust flies ranging from 1.1-1.4 cm (0.43-0.55 in) long. I caught this one practicing fly yoga (lol). Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan...
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    • brazos bryan camelot county drone fly hoverfly palpada park syrphidae texas usa vinetorum
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  23. Cuckoo Bee

    Cuckoo Bee

    Cuckoo Bee (Triepeolus atripes: Apidae) These bees range from 1.0-1.3 cm (0.39-0.51 in) long. Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area. Watered...
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    • apidae atripes bee brazos bryan camelot county cuckoo park texas triepeolus usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Invertebrates
  24. Red Velvet Ant (female)

    Red Velvet Ant (female)

    Red Velvet Ant or Cow Killer (Dasymutilla occidentalis: Mutillidae) The largest of the Velvet Ant species (a wasp). This species ranges from 1.3-1.9 cm (0.5-0.75 in) long. The common name Cow Killer refers to the powerful sting of the female. The male has wings and lacks a stinger. Photographed...
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    • ant brazos bryan camelot county cow dasymutilla killer mutillidae occidentalis park red texas usa velvet
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Invertebrates
  25. Eufala Skipper

    Eufala Skipper

    Eufala Skipper also known as the Gray Skipper (Lerodea eufala: Hesperiidae) Wingspan of 2.2-3.2 cm (0.88-1.25 in). Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation. Post Oak Savannah...
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    • brazos bryan camelot county eufala hesperiidae lerodea park skipper texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
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