Invertebrates

Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea guttata) Origin: Southeastern United States Sighted at: Big Cypress Bend, Florida As I drove west across Florida’s southern bend more »

Sand fiddler Crab (Uca pugilator) Origin: Eastern and Gulf Coast United States coasts Sighted at: Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research more »

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) Origin: Nearly worldwide except for Africa and Australia Sighted at: Lockhart State Park, Lockhart, TX This week, I went more »

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Origin: North America, South America, and South Pacific islands Sighted at: Pedernales Falls State Park, Johnson City, TX more »

Southwestern Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) Origin: Central and West Texas Sighted at: Austin, TX Spotted this striking little beetle a more »

Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) Origin: Western United States and Mexico Sighted at: Bastrop State Park, Bastrop, TX The last critter from more »

Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica rustica)   Origin: Warmed climes in North and South America Sighted at: I don’t remember! Somewhere he more »

Broad-tipped Conehead (Neoconocephalus triops) Origin: Southern United States Sighted at: BioWare, Cedar Park, Texas This little katydid hung out with me as more »

Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) Origin: Worldwide, except for South America and Antarctica Sighted at: My home in Austin, TX   A lovely more »

Squash Bee (Xenoglossa spp) Origin: North and South America. Where the gourds are! Sighted at: My home in Austin, TX   BEES! I more »