Whitewater Springs Texas Plants and Wildlife

Whitewater Springs is a 1600 acre community northwest of Austin in Burnet County, Texas. Our community has hills and valleys, Cow Creek and wet weather streams, a spring-fed lake of approximately 14 acres, and 300 acres of common area that is a natural habitat for the numerous native species we ...more ↓

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American Lady ¹
Vanessa virginiensis

Great Purple Hairstreak ²
Atlides halesus

Gray Hairstreak ³
Strymon melinus

Siva Juniper Hairstreak ⁴
Callophrys gryneus siva

Common Checkered-Skipper ⁵
Burnsius communis

Eufala Skipper ⁶
Lerodea eufala

Least Skipper ⁶
Ancyloxypha numitor

Sachem ⁷
Atalopedes campestris

Red Satyr ⁸
Megisto rubricata

Hackberry Emperor ⁹
Asterocampa celtis

Mourning Cloak ¹⁰
Nymphalis antiopa

Neon Skimmer ¹¹
Libellula croceipennis

Striped Bark Scorpion ¹²
Centruroides vittatus

Texas Cave Scorpion ¹³
Pseudouroctonus reddelli

Solifuges ¹⁴
Solifugae

Western Black Widow ¹⁵
Latrodectus hesperus

Texas Brown Tarantula ¹⁶
Aphonopelma hentzi

Giant Desert Centipede ¹⁷
Scolopendra heros

Common Green Darner ¹⁸
Anax junius

Desert Whitetail ¹²
Plathemis subornata

Black Saddlebags ¹²
Tramea lacerata

Eastern Amberwing ¹⁹
Perithemis tenera

Shadow Darner ²⁰
Aeshna umbrosa

Paper Wasps ²¹
Polistinae

New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps ⁴
Pepsis

Cicada-killer Wasps ²²
Sphecius

Mud-dauber Wasps and Allies ²³
Sceliphrinae

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp ²⁴
Sceliphron caementarium

Bumble Bees ²⁵
Bombus

Carpenter Bees ²⁶
Xylocopinae

Western Little Leafcutter Bee
Megachile onobrychidis

Sweat Bees ²⁷
Halictidae

Mining Bees ²⁸
Andrenidae

Plasterer Bees ²⁹
Colletidae

Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp ³⁰
Chlorion aerarium

Iridescent Cockroach-hunter Wasp
Chlorion cyaneum

Giant Ichneumonid Wasps ³¹
Megarhyssa

Mason Bees ³²
Osmia

American germander ⁴
Teucrium canadense

american lotus ³³
Nelumbo lutea

Western Ironweed ³⁴
Vernonia baldwinii

Brazilian Vervain ³⁵
Verbena brasiliensis

standing cypress ³⁶
Ipomopsis rubra

Woolly Ironweed ³⁷
Vernonia lindheimeri

Illinois bundleflower ⁴
Desmanthus illinoensis

hairy ruellia ³⁸
Ruellia humilis

Western Honey Bee ³⁹
Apis mellifera

Sonoran Bumble Bee ⁴⁰
Bombus sonorus

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Whitewater Springs Texas Plants and Wildlife

American Lady 1 Vanessa virginiensis

Great Purple Hairstreak 2 Atlides halesus

Gray Hairstreak 3 Strymon melinus

Siva Juniper Hairstreak 4 Callophrys gryneus siva

Common Checkered-Skipper 5 Burnsius communis

Eufala Skipper 6 Lerodea eufala

Least Skipper 6 Ancyloxypha numitor

Sachem 7 Atalopedes campestris

Red Satyr 8 Megisto rubricata

Hackberry Emperor 9 Asterocampa celtis

Mourning Cloak 10 Nymphalis antiopa

Neon Skimmer 11 Libellula croceipennis

Striped Bark Scorpion 12 Centruroides vittatus

Texas Cave Scorpion 13 Pseudouroctonus reddelli

Solifuges 14 Solifugae

Western Black Widow 15 Latrodectus hesperus

Texas Brown Tarantula 16 Aphonopelma hentzi

Giant Desert Centipede 17 Scolopendra heros

Common Green Darner 18 Anax junius

Desert Whitetail 12 Plathemis subornata

Black Saddlebags 12 Tramea lacerata

Eastern Amberwing 19 Perithemis tenera

Shadow Darner 20 Aeshna umbrosa

Paper Wasps 21 Polistinae

New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps 4 Pepsis

Cicada-killer Wasps 22 Sphecius

Mud-dauber Wasps and Allies 23 Sceliphrinae

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 24 Sceliphron caementarium

Bumble Bees 25 Bombus

Carpenter Bees 26 Xylocopinae

Western Little Leafcutter Bee Megachile onobrychidis

Sweat Bees 27 Halictidae

Mining Bees 28 Andrenidae

Plasterer Bees 29 Colletidae

Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 30 Chlorion aerarium

Iridescent Cockroach-hunter Wasp Chlorion cyaneum

Giant Ichneumonid Wasps 31 Megarhyssa

Mason Bees 32 Osmia

American germander 4 Teucrium canadense

american lotus 33 Nelumbo lutea

Western Ironweed 34 Vernonia baldwinii

Brazilian Vervain 35 Verbena brasiliensis

standing cypress 36 Ipomopsis rubra

Woolly Ironweed 37 Vernonia lindheimeri

Illinois bundleflower 4 Desmanthus illinoensis

hairy ruellia 38 Ruellia humilis

Western Honey Bee 39 Apis mellifera

Sonoran Bumble Bee 40 Bombus sonorus