Part II of LBJ grasslands…critters
Part II is about all the other stuff that was found on Tuesday, Sept 15th.
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Millipedes Diplopoda (class) have two legs per segment
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True Bug (Heteroptera- suborder) Don’t you love those eyes!
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Underside
Just found out from BugGuide what this is…Big-Eyed Toad Bug (Gelastocoris oculatus)
What a good name!
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Texas skeleton (Lygodesmia texana) plant seedpod
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Texas skeleton plant (Lygodesmia texana)
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Foxglox seedpod (Penstemon cobaea)
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Walkingstick (Diapheromeridae family)
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Spider with babies below it
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American Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) has small black fruit.
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This tiny critter was only about 12mm(3/8″). Jumped big time and hard to catch!
Smaller Sand Cricket (Ellipes minuta)
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closeup
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Green stuff I thought were eggs turned out to be frass(poop). See it along the bottom part of the tunnel that is open.
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Smaller Sand Cricket (Ellipes minuta) closeup of its tunnels
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Maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) showing the spores on back
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Copper Underwing (Amphipyra pyramidoides) a new county record!
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Roots in creek looked like a fish skeleton
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Closeup of same type of root as above. No idea what it is.
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The water in the creek had this dust on it. Thought it looked like stained glass.
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Egg casings
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Closeup and nothing has emerged yet
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View of a meadow with goldenrod, agalinis, gaillardia and grasses
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Scarlet-Pea (Indigofera miniata)and Hypericum (Hyericoides ssp multicaule)
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Beaver had cut off these limbs on the Eastern Red Cedar
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Ambush bug (Phymata genus) caught a meal. A skipper on White Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum)
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Ants swarming over the Frostweed (Verbesina virginica)
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The Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis). I couldn’t believe it but I was able to catch two of them!
Elyse, thanks for confirming the ID!