Rough Earth Snake
Dripping Springs, Texas
15 JUne 2013

found under a board in my yard. Photo of keeled scales shown as well as in hand for size reference.

Pearl Milkweed
(Matelea reticulata)
Dripping Springs, Hays Co., Texas
14 June 2013

fairly common on my 2 acres

Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

Two-striped Mermiria
Mermiria bivittata
AKA
Two-striped Toothpick Grasshopper
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

Powdered Dancer
Argia moesta
male
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
male
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

Eastern Ringtail
Erpetogomphus designatus
female
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

Eastern Pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis
female
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

Eastern Amberwing
Perithemis tenera
female
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

Double-striped Bluet
Enallagma basidens
male
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

Blue-ringed Dancer
Argia sedula
male
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013

commonly seen all along the roadsides in this area

First county record for this species in Blanco Co., Texas

http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/SubmissionAction.getAll/from_checklist/1/user_id/all/taxon_id/46849/location_id/13795

Widow Skimmer
young male
Wild Basin WIlderness Preserve,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

I do not know this flower, but it was fairly commonly seen on Wild Basin Preserve today.

Wild Basin WIlderness Preserve,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

Rhus virens Lindheimer ex Gray
Evergreen sumac, Tobacco sumac
Wild Basin WIlderness Preserve,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

A common plant on this preserve

Texas Redbud
Cercis canadensis var. texensis
Wild Basin WIlderness Preserve,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

A common tree on this preserve

Pink Mimosa
AKA
Fragrant Mimosa
AKA
Catclaw Mimosa
Mimosa borealis
Wild Basin WIlderness Preserve,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

A fairly common plant on this property

Southern Spreadwing
Lestes australis
female
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

Royal River Cruiser
Macromia taeniolata
male
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

Five-striped Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides albrighti
male
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

Efferia species
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

Broad-striped Forceptail
Aphylla angustifolia
female
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
12 June 2013

Giant Lichen Orbweaver
Araneus bicentenarius
Wild Basin Preserve,
Travis Co., Texas
11 June 2013

Image taken with a point and shoot as the spider hung in its web against the white sky.