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
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 2
Papilio cresphontes
Black Swallowtail 3
Papilio polyxenes
Two-tailed Swallowtail 4
Papilio multicaudata
Queen 5
Danaus gilippus
Red Admiral 6
Vanessa atalanta
Gulf Fritillary 7
Agraulis vanillae
Polyphemus Moth 8
Antheraea polyphemus
Black Witch 10
Ascalapha odorata
Salt Marsh Moth 11
Estigmene acrea
White-lined Sphinx 13
Hyles lineata
Queen 5
Danaus gilippus
Variegated Fritillary 14
Euptoieta claudia
Phaon Crescent 15
Phyciodes phaon
Question Mark 16
Polygonia interrogationis
Lyside Sulphur 15
Kricogonia lyside
Danube Clouded Yellow 17
Colias myrmidone
Cloudless Sulphur 18
Phoebis sennae
American Snout 19
Libytheana carinenta
Common Buckeye 20
Junonia coenia
Pipevine Swallowtail 20
Battus philenor
Red-spotted Purple 21
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Eastern Black Swallowtail 23
Papilio polyxenes asterius
Goatweed Leafwing 24
Anaea andria
Common Wood-Nymph 25
Cercyonis pegala
American Lady 26
Vanessa virginiensis
Great Purple Hairstreak 27
Atlides halesus
Gray Hairstreak 28
Strymon melinus
Siva Juniper Hairstreak 29
Callophrys gryneus siva
Common Checkered-Skipper 30
Burnsius communis
Eufala Skipper 31
Lerodea eufala
Least Skipper 31
Ancyloxypha numitor
Sachem 32
Atalopedes campestris
Red Satyr 33
Megisto rubricata
Hackberry Emperor 34
Asterocampa celtis
Mourning Cloak 35
Nymphalis antiopa

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