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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 ↓

Monarch 1
Danaus plexippus
Harvester Ants 2
Pogonomyrmex
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 3
Papilio cresphontes
Black Swallowtail 4
Papilio polyxenes
Two-tailed Swallowtail 5
Papilio multicaudata
Queen 6
Danaus gilippus
Red Admiral 7
Vanessa atalanta
Gulf Fritillary 8
Agraulis vanillae
Fire Ants 9
Solenopsis
Harvester Ants 2
Pogonomyrmex
Polyphemus Moth 10
Antheraea polyphemus
North American Luna Moth 11
Actias luna
Black Witch 12
Ascalapha odorata
Salt Marsh Moth 13
Estigmene acrea
Virginia Creeper Sphinx 14
Darapsa myron
White-lined Sphinx 15
Hyles lineata
Queen 6
Danaus gilippus
Variegated Fritillary 16
Euptoieta claudia
Phaon Crescent 17
Phyciodes phaon
Question Mark 18
Polygonia interrogationis
Lyside Sulphur 17
Kricogonia lyside
Danube Clouded Yellow 19
Colias myrmidone
Cloudless Sulphur 20
Phoebis sennae
American Snout 21
Libytheana carinenta
Common Buckeye 22
Junonia coenia
Pipevine Swallowtail 22
Battus philenor
Red-spotted Purple 23
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 24
Papilio glaucus
Eastern Black Swallowtail 25
Papilio polyxenes asterius
Goatweed Leafwing 26
Anaea andria
Common Wood-Nymph 27
Cercyonis pegala
American Lady 28
Vanessa virginiensis
Great Purple Hairstreak 29
Atlides halesus
Gray Hairstreak 30
Strymon melinus
Siva Juniper Hairstreak 31
Callophrys gryneus siva
Common Checkered-Skipper 32
Burnsius communis
Eufala Skipper 33
Lerodea eufala
Least Skipper 33
Ancyloxypha numitor
Sachem 34
Atalopedes campestris
Red Satyr 35
Megisto rubricata
Hackberry Emperor 36
Asterocampa celtis
Mourning Cloak 37
Nymphalis antiopa
Neon Skimmer 38
Libellula croceipennis
Common Green Darner 39
Anax junius
Desert Whitetail 17
Plathemis subornata
Black Saddlebags 17
Tramea lacerata
Eastern Amberwing 40
Perithemis tenera
Shadow Darner 41
Aeshna umbrosa
Paper Wasps 42
Polistinae
New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps 31
Pepsis
Cicada-killer Wasps 43
Sphecius
Mud-dauber Wasps and Allies 44
Sceliphrinae
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 45
Sceliphron caementarium
Bumble Bees 46
Bombus
Carpenter Bees 47
Xylocopinae
Western Little Leafcutter Bee
Megachile onobrychidis
Sweat Bees 10
Halictidae
Mining Bees 48
Andrenidae
Plasterer Bees 49
Colletidae
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 50
Chlorion aerarium
Iridescent Cockroach-hunter Wasp
Chlorion cyaneum
Giant Ichneumonid Wasps 51
Megarhyssa
Mason Bees 52
Osmia
Western Honey Bee 53
Apis mellifera
Sonoran Bumble Bee 54
Bombus sonorus

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