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Genus EustictusObserver
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Winds were around 20 mph, super hot, crazy dry... Not the best conditions to black-light, but I still had a blast!
*Had special permission to to conduct these surveys.
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Wax Scales (Genus Ceroplastes)Observer
ashley_bradfordDescription
On plants inside the aquarium building
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Variegated Ground Spider (Sergiolus capulatus)Observer
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Narrow Bucculatrix (Bucculatrix angustata)Observer
mike334Description
Lifers and yard rarities 2023
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Leucauge marianaObserver
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Estero Llano Grande State Park, 3301 S International Blvd FM 1015, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA (Google, OSM)
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Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)Observer
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New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis)Observer
jcivDescription
Pepsis mexicana or melanic Pepsis grossa?
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Ariadna bicolorObserver
jgw_atxDescription
Found on my porch on a cold afternoon.
Uncommonly observed species in this area.
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sambiologyDescription
One of the best weeks/weekends ever at the Texas Master Naturalist State Conference down in the Lower Rio Grande Valley!
This evening, we did some black-lighting at Oleander Acres RV park -- they do some tremendous work with the pollinator garden, and it shows with the insect diversity! :)
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Straight-lined Cydosia Moth (Cydosia aurivitta)Observer
jgw_atxDescription
At UV Lights near the Frio River - Real County Texas
Brought a light sheet out to a solar eclipse watching campout with friends. Had fun being a casual entomological educator out in the field :)
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Genus LeptusObserver
jcivDescription
About 1mm body with leg span of about 3mm.
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Green Beetle Hanger (Complex Hesperomyces virescens)Observer
jcivDescription
For the fungi. Insect observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149707016
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Subtribe SynagelinaObserver
ashley_bradfordDescription
I'm pretty sure this is a new one to me, some sort of very tiny ant-like jumping spider, but I've not seen one with "pencils" like this before. It was moving erratically about on my glass door.
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Dimorphic Jumping Spider (Maevia inclemens)Observer
ashley_bradfordDescription
Spotted him outside on the glass door and invited him in for a brief photoshoot.
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Melipotis agrotoidesObserver
markhollysalvatoDescription
Santa Ana NWR visitor center
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Lemon Moths (Genus Marimatha)Observer
gcwarblerDescription
I'm pretty sure this is going to be one of the non-nigrofimbria species of this genus, but the info on MPG doesn't give me ghope of IDing it. I suspect it will be M. piscimala or M. tripuncta.
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Bicolored Chloraspilates Moth (Numia bicoloraria)Observer
gcwarblerDescription
A buff-colored male.
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Yellow Bats (Subgenus Dasypterus)Observer
jcivDescription
Mom with two babies found on a old palm leaf that fell out of the palm. I placed the leaf off the ground in the shade next to some palm trees so hopefully she could climb up. They were gone the next day so hopefully they did.
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Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)Observer
joshua_txDescription
Bracken Cave
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Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens)Observer
jcivDescription
This fly is a major pest in the Rio Grande Valley. USDA APHIS is working to control them by releasing sterile flies. To easily determine when a sterile one is caught in a trap, they are marked with a UV dye. I found three on the same bush tonight and all of them glowed. I was told they are dyed as pupae and the color is determined by the area of release. I guess the color for our area is pink.
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Crambid Snout Moths (Family Crambidae)Observer
jcivDescription
found on Ehretia anacua
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Yellow-collared Slug Moth (Apoda y-inversa)Observer
jgw_atxDescription
At UV Lights
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Genus EulepidotisObserver
jgw_atxDescription
At UV Lights. Northeast Austin, urban backyard.
Apparently a rare find here, no wonder I didn't recognize it! Very attractive moth.
