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I will be adding more categories below soon...please check back later. Thanks!
Many people have been kind enough to help me with identifications based on some of my photos and occasionally specimens. I wish to thank Giff Beaton and Paul Choate for help with Tiger Beetles, John Abbott for help with all insects, and Paul Lenhart for help with grasshoppers.
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Mantids (order Mantodea) Brunner's Mantis (Brunneria borealis) Texas Unicorn Mantis (Phyllovates chlorophaea)
Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets (order Orthoptera) Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper (Paratettix mexicanus) Horse Lubber Grasshopper (Taeniopoda eques) Robust Toad Lubber (Phrynotettix robustus) Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera) Aztec Spur-throat (Aidemona azteca) Short-winged Green Grasshopper (Dichromorpha viridis) Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (Dichopetala catinata) Central Texas Leaf-Katydid (Paracyrtophyllus robustus) Three-banded Grasshopper (Hadrotettix trifasciatus) Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) Spur-throat Grasshopper species (Melanoplus species) White-lined Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca albolineata) Brown-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (Syrbula admiralis) Sumichrast Toothpick Grasshopper (Achurum sumichrasti) Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper (Leptysma marginicollis)
Tiger Beetles (family Cicindelidae) (My thanks to Giff Beaton and Skip Choate for identifying many of my tigers from photos.) Cazier's Tiger Beetle (Cicindela cazieri) Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle (Cicindela longilabris) Ocellated Tiger Beetle (Cicindela ocellata) Limestone Tiger Beetle (Cicindela politula) Punctured Tiger Beetle (Cicindela punctulata) Bronzed Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda) Western Red-bellied Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sedecimpunctata) Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) Rio Grande Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sperata) S-Banded Tiger Beetle (Cicindela trifasciata)
Ants, Bees, and Wasps (order Hymenoptera) Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) Mexican Honey Wasp (Brachygastra mellifica) Paper Wasp (Polistes species) Red Wasp (Polistes carolina) Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila species)
Other Insects (My thanks to Dr. John Abbott at the University of Texas for identifying many of my insects from photos) Periodical Cicada (Magicicada species) Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superbus) Scorpionfly (Panorpa nuptialis) Yellowjacket Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis) Water Scorpion (Ranatra species) |