Quinn's B.I.M.B.Y. Site

(Bugs In My Back Yard!)

Since July 12, 2008
South Austin, Travis County, Texas

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn


Araneae - Opiliones - Acari - Diplopoda - Collembola

Ephemeroptera - Odonata - Orthoptera - Blattaria - Dermaptera - Embiidina - Psocoptera - Hemiptera - Homoptera

Neuroptera - Coleoptera - Strepsiptera - Diptera - Trichoptera - Lepidoptera - Hymenoptera

Passed 150 spp. by Aug. 1, 2008
Passed 200 spp. by Sept. 1, 2008
Passed 300 spp. by Dec. 1, 2008
Passed 375 spp. by Jan. 1, 2009

Area Arthropod Lists - Close Up Photography - Other Back Yard Surveys


Araneae - Spiders

Oxyopidae - Lynx Spiders

Green Lynx - Peucetia viridans


Thomisidae - Crab Spiders

Crab Spider - Misumenops


Opiliones - Harvestmen

Daddy Long Legs


Acari - Mites and Ticks

Anystidae - Whirligig Mites

Mite preying on a Psocopteran


Diplopoda - Millipedes

Parajulidae

Millipede Millipede


Collembola - Springtails

Entomobryidae

Entomobryid


Ephemeroptera - Mayflies

Baetidae - Small Minnow Mayflies

Callibaetis sp. - Callibaetis Small Minnow Mayfly


Odonates - Dragonflies

Lestidae - Spreadwings

Spreadwing - Lestes


Libellulidae - Skimmers

Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - female Widow Skimmer - Libellula luctuosa - male Swift Setwing - Dythemis velox Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis=Ode sp.=Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis - female


Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets

Acrididae - Short-horned Grasshoppers

Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca Clipper-wing Grasshopper - Metaleptea brevicornis - male=Short-winged Green Grasshopper - Dichromorpha viridis Gomphocerinae - Slant-faced Grasshopper
Aztec Spur-throat - Aidemona azteca=Aztec Spur-throat - Aidemona azteca=Aztec Spur-throat - Aidemona azteca Band-winged Grasshopper


Gryllidae - True Crickets

Field Cricket - Gryllus Field Cricket


Tettigoniidae - Katydids

Scudder's Bush Katydid nymph - Scudderia Greater Anglewing Katydid - Microcentrum rhombifolium Broad-tipped Conehead - Neoconocephalus triops


Blattaria - Cockroaches

Blaberidae

Cuban Green Cockroach - Panchlora nivea 


Polyphagidae

Wood Cockroach - Parcoblatta


Dermaptera - Earwigs

Anisolabididae

Euborellia annulipes (Lucas) - Euborellia annulipes

Embiidina - Webspinners

Embiidina sp.


Psocoptera - Barklice

Psocidae

Psocoptera


Hemiptera - True Bugs

Alydidae - Broad-headed Bugs 

Texas Bow-legged Bug - Hyalymenus tarsatus


Berytidae - Stilt Bugs

Stilt Bug Jalysus ?? - Jalysus


Coreidae - Leaf-footed Bugs 

Spot-sided Coreid - Hypselonotus punctiventris=Spot-sided Coreid - Hypselonotus punctiventris=Spot-sided Coreid - Hypselonotus punctiventris Monster Hook-thighed Coreid - Acanthocephala femorata - male - female Coreidae - Leptoglossus clypealis


Cynidae - Burrowing Bugs

Pangaeus  - Pangaeus Scutelleroidea - Amnestus


Lygaeidae - Seed Bugs 

Small Milkweed Bug - Lygaeus kalmii Large Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus fasciatus Ochrimnus sp. - Ochrimnus Melacoryphus lateralis (Dallas) - Lygaeospilus tripunctatus


Mesoveliidae - Water Treaders

Mesovelia mulsanti White - Mesovelia mulsanti

Miridae - Plant Bugs

brown-wrapped mirid 

Lichen-esque Mirid=Lichen-esque Mirid - Phytocoris Orange & Yellow Mirid Plant Bug - Phytocoris 

Mirid Mirid Mirid

Rhinacloa forticornis Reuter - Rhinacloa forticornis Reuteroscopus ornatus Reuter - Reuteroscopus ornatus Mirid


Pentatomidae - Stink Bugs 

Black Stink Bug - Proxys punctulatus Jade Stinkbug - Banasa euchlora Black-banded Pentatomid Acrosternum marginatum (Palisot) - Acrosternum marginatum Dendrocoris sp. - Dendrocoris Euschistus obscurus


Reduviidae - Assassin Bugs

Red Bull Assassin - Repipta taurus Milkweed Assassin Bug - Zelus longipes  Rasahus biguttatus (Say) - Rasahus biguttatus Zelus Assassin Bug - Zelus Reduviidae  - Oncerotrachelus pallidus 

Kissing Bug - Triatoma sanguisuga Diaditus sp. - Diaditus Reduviidae

Thread-legged Bug - Emesaya


Rhopalidae - Scentless Plant Bugs 

Red-shouldered Bug - Jadera haematoloma Rhopalid ??? Louisiana Mallow Rhopalo - Niesthrea louisianica


Rhyparochromidae

Nabid ??? Dirt-colored Seed BugRhyparochromidae ??Chinch bug-like lygaeid Prytanes ?? - Prytanes


Scutelleridae - Shield-backed Bugs
   
 Shield-backed Bug=Shield-backed Bug Green-fronted Scutellerid - Diolcus chrysorrhoeus Spot-sided ScutTwin-spotted ScutDark scutellarid


Thyreocoridae - Negro Bugs

Corimelaena 

CICADOIDEA

Cicadidae - Cicadas

Tibicen sp. - Tibicen Superb Cicada - Tibicen superbus


Membracidae - Treehoppers

Entylia concisa=Entylia concisa Telonaca ramona brown-tailed mambracid Ceresa taurina Fitch - Ceresa taurina


Cercopidae - Spittlebugs

Two-spotted Spittle... - Clastoptera binotata Dark CercopidLepyronia sp. - Lepyronia=Lepyronia sp.


Cicadellidae - Leafhoppers

Ornimental Leafhopper - Sibovia compta Graphocephala versuta Glassy-winged sharpshooter - Homalodisca vitripennis Cuerna costalis (Fabricius) - Cuerna costalis Cicadellinae - Xyphon sagittifera

Honey-colored Cicadellid - Coelidia olitoria

pale cicadellid darker cicadellid - Osbornellus scalaris 

Honey colored cicadellid==Eutettix sp. - Eutettix Straw-colored cic sp... Golden-headed Cic... Red-eyed Green CicOlive-brown Cic Bandara Golden-brown leafhopper Psychedelic Cicadellid Red-streaked Pale Cicadellid - Balclutha rufofasciata Leafhopper - Balclutha neglecta Scaphytopius ? - Scaphytopius Cicadellid - Texananus areolatus Norvellina chenopodii (Osborn) - Norvellina chenopodii Cicadellidae - Exitianus exitiosus Central Texas Leafhopper - Texananus ovatus Central Texas Leafhopper - Sobara palliolata

Robust Strangania Hopper - Stragania robusta

Rose-topped Yellow Hopper - Idiocerus

Cicadellidae - Agalliopsis     

pale green cicadellid - Forcipata Leafhopper - Empoasca


FULGOROIDEA

Delphacidae - Delphacid Planthoppers 

Rhynchomitra microrhina=Rhynchomitra microrhina=Rhynchomitra microrhina Liburniella ornata (Stal) - Liburniella ornata


Derbidae

Blue Del Hopper


Cixiidae

Cixiid clear cixiid pale-topped homop... Brown-sholdered Cixiidae


Achilidae

Dwarf Catonia - Catonia pumila


Flatidae - Flatid Planthoppers

citrus flatid planthopper - Metcalfa pruinosa  


Acanaloniidae - Acanaloniid Planthoppers

Acanalonia sp - Acanalonia Two-striped Planthopper - Acanalonia bivittata


Caliscelidae - Piglet Bugs

Piglet Bug (!) 


Psyllidae - Jumping Plant Lice

Hackberry Psyllid - Pachypsylla celtidismamma=Hackberry Psyllid - Pachypsylla celtidismamma


Neuroptera

Berothidae - Beaded Lacewings

Berothidae

Coniopterygidae - Dustywings

Whitefly


Hemerobiidae - Brown Lacewings

Brown Lacewing - Micromus subanticus Sisyrid sp ?? - Sisyra


Mantispidae - Mantidflies

Mantidfly


Coleoptera - Beetles

Carabidae - Ground Beetles

Beautiful Banded Lebia - Lebia pulchella    Trechinae

Scarites sp. - Scarites

Trechine Tiny brown carabid - Trechus Trechini - Bembidion


Haliplidae - Crawling Water Beetles

Haliplid - Peltodytes CenTex Haliplid - Peltodytes


Noteridae - Burrowing Water  Beetles

Hydrocanthus sp.  - Hydrocanthus


Dytiscidae - Predacious Diving Beetles

Water Beetle sp. - Neoporus Copelatus chevrolati Aubé - Copelatus chevrolati Predacious Diving Beetle - Coptotomus Hydroporinae Predacious Diving Beetle - Thermonectus - male


Hydrophilidae - Water Scavenger Beetles

Water Scavenger Beetle - Berosus Berosus Water Scavenger Beetle - Berosus Hydrophilid - Paracymus Hydrophilid Hydrophilid - Tropisternus lateralis


Scymaenidae - Ant-like Stone Beetles

Scydmaenidae - Euconnus=Scydmaenidae - Euconnus=Scydmaenidae - Euconnus=Scydmaenidae ? - Euconnus


Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles

Two colored Staph - Homaeotarsus bicolor Coproporus sp. - Coproporus Central Texas Pselaphinae - Atinus monilicornis


SCARABAEOIDEA

Hybosoridae - Scavenger Beetles

European Hybosorus Scarab - Hybosorus illigeri


Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

Aphodius (Labarrus) nr. lividus - Aphodius Aphodius sp. Aphodiine  - Ataenius

Cotinis sp. - Cotinis Kern's Flower Scarab - Euphoria kernii

Masked Chafer - Cyclocephala Rhinoceros Beetle - Strategus aloeus - male=Rhinoceros Beetle - Strategus aloeus - male

May Beetle Melolonthinae  - Diplotaxis


SCIRTOIDEA

Scirtidae - Marsh Beetles

Marsh Beetle - Cyphon 


BUPRESTOIDEA

Buprestidae - Metallic Wood-boring Beetles

Agrilus sp. - Agrilus Long slender bup


BYRRHOIDEA

Elmidae - Riffle Beetles

Rusty Elmid - Hexacylloepus ferrugineus Riffle Beetle - Stenelmis=Riffle Beetle - Stenelmis 


Heteroceridae - Variegated Mud-loving Beetles

Heterocerid  Heteroceridae - Neoheterocerus


ELATEROIDEA

Elateridae - Click Beetles

Honey-brown elaterid - Dipropus Conoderus sp.


BOSTRICHOIDEA

Dermestidae - Skin Beetles

Banded Black Carpet Beetle - Attagenus fasciatus


Bostrichidae - Horned Powder-post Beetles

Red-shouldered Bostrichid - Xylobiops basilaris=Red-shouldered Bostrichid - Xylobiops basilaris Bostrichid=Bostrichid - Xylobiops=Bostrichid - Xylobiops Lichenophanes bicornis

Trogoxylon aequale (Wollaston) - Trogoxylon aequale


Anobiidae - Death-watch and Spider Beetles

Anobiid=Anobiid Anobiid


CLEROIDEA

Cleridae - Checkered Beetles

 red brown clerid - Neorthopleura texana Pelonium leucophaeum (Klug) - Pelonium leucophaeum Monophylla - male Necrobia rufipes 


CUCUJOIDEA

Nitidulidae - Sap-feeding Beetles

Cryptarcha concinna Melsheimer - Cryptarcha concinna Nitidulidae - Stelidota Nitidulidae ?? - Amphicrossus Colopterus ?? sp Nitidulidae


Silvanidae - Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles

Tiny elongate nitidulid-like beetle - Ahasverus


Laemophloeidae - Lined Flat Bark Beetles

Lined Flat Bark Beetle - Laemophloeus Laemophloeus


Phalacridae - Shining Flower Beetles

Shining Flower Beetle Shining Flower Beetle Phalacrid ??


Cryptophagidae - Silken Fungus Beetles

bitty brown beetle - Cryptophagus bitty brown beetle - Cryptophagus


Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles

 Psyllobora - Psyllobora vigintimaculata Ashy Gray Lady Beetle - Olla v-nigrum=Ashy Gray Lady Beetle - Olla v-nigrum=Ashy Gray Lady Beetle - Olla v-nigrum=Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle - Olla v-nigrum Convergent Lady Beetle - Hippodamia convergens

Loew's Scymnus Lady Beetle - Scymnus loewii=Loew's Scymnus Lady Beetle - Scymnus loewii=Loew's Scymnus Lady Beetle - Scymnus loewii Hyperaspis ? sp. Mealybug Destroyer - Cryptolaemus montrouzieri=Mealybug Destroyer - Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Scymninae ?? - Scymnus


Latridiidae - Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles


TENEBRIONOIDEA

Mycetophagidae - Hairy Fungus Beetles

Nitidulidae - Litargus sexpunctatus

Mordelidae - Tumbling Flower Beetles

Mordellidae  Mordellistena sp. - Mordellistena

Colydiidae - Cylindrical Bark Beetles

Phloeonemus integer (Reitter) - Phloeonemus integer Scolytinae ? - Synchita fuliginosa


Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

tiny elongate brown beetle - Latheticus oryzae Gondwanocrypticus - Gondwanocrypticus obsoletus


Meloidae - Blister Beetles

 


Anthicidae - Antlike Flower Beetles

Vacusus vicinus (LaFerté-Sénectère) - Vacusus vicinus Anthicid Black Anthicid - Vacusus confinis


Aderidae - Antlike Leaf Beetles


Scraptiidae - False Flower Beetles

False Flower Beetle - Anaspis


CHRYSOMELOIDEA

Cerambycidae - Long-horned Beetles

Ivory-marked Bycid - Eburia Banded Hickory Borer - Knulliana cincta brown bycid - Hypexilis pallida Anelaphus ?? late-season active bycid=late-season active bycid - Styloxus fulleri

Sternidius mimeticus Ashen bycid - Dorcasta cinerea Oncideres cingulata texana Horn - Oncideres cingulata

Hardwood Stump Borer - Mallodon dasystomus


Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles

Large-horned Bruchid - Megacerus=Large-horned Bruchid - Megacerus=Large-horned Bruchid - Megacerus=Large-horned Bruchid - Megacerus Silvery Bruchid sp. Bruchid Central Texas Bruchinae  - Acanthoscelides

Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella sexpunctata Mottled Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata=Mottled Tortoise Beetle host plant - Deloyala guttata

Cottonwood Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela scripta Chryso - Phaedon viridis

Warty Leaf Beetles Lightning Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus fulguratus  Pachy - Pachybrachis - male - female Golden Crypto - Diachus 

Pale-spotted Black Chryso Chryso - Paria quadriguttata 

Acalymma Banded Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica balteata Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata

green chryso Cool flea beetle... Eight-spotted Flea Beetle - Omophoita cyanipennis Shining Flea Beetle - Asphaera lustrans Kuschelina sp - Kuschelina Flea beetle ?? Flea Beetle Flea Beetle Longitarsus


CURCULIONOIDEA

Curculionidae - Straight-snouted Weevils

Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) - Cylas formicarius


Curculionidae - Weevils

Elm Flea Weevil ? - Rhynchaenus Acorn Weevil sp. - Curculio pale brown weevil - Lignyodes ? sp. - Lignyodes helvolus Weevil sp. - Dorytomus

sm cylindrical brown beetle Pinhole Bark Borer=Pinhole Bark Borer

Scolytid sp. tiny brown elongate beetle w/ capitate and pubescent antennae... - Chramesus=Bark Beetle - Chramesus


Strepsiptera - Twisted-Wing Parasites

Myrmecolacidae

Strepsiptera - male=Strepsiptera - male=Strepsiptera - male Strepsiptera


Diptera - Flies

Suborder NEMATOCERA - Long-horned Flies


Limoniidae - Meadow Crane Flies

Tipulid (?)


Cecidomyiidae - Gall Midges

Gall Midge


Culicidae - Mosquitoes

Coquillettidia perturbans - male Mosquito - female Aedes sp. - Aedes - female 


Chironomidae - Midges

Pale Texas Midge - male 


Psychodidae - Moth Flies

Filter Fly - Telmatoscopus albipunctatus


Sciaridae - Dark-winged Fungus Gnats

Dark-winged Fungus Gnat 


Suborder BRACHYCERA - Short-horned Flies

Asilidae - Robber Flies

Robber Fly


Rhagionidae - Snipe Flies

Snipe Fly ?? - Chrysopilus Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus


Stratiomyidae - Soldier Flies

Stratiomyidae ??=Stratiomyidae ??


Suborder CYCLORRHAPHA - Circular-seamed flies

Division ASCHIZA - Muscoid Flies

Syrphidae - Hover Flies

Distinctive Syrphid - Ocyptamus fascipennis Common Oblique Syrphid - Allograpta obliqua Syrphid - Toxomerus


Division SCHIZOPHORA - Muscoid Flies

Section ACALYPTRATAE

Heleomyzidae

Fruit Fly


Lauxaniidae

Hydrotaea ???


Micropezidae - Stilt-legged Flies

Stilt-legged Flies - male - female


Platystomatidae - Signal Flies

Diptera - Senopterina=Diptera - Senopterina=Signal Fly - Senopterina


Sphaeroceridae - Lesser Dung Flies

Smokey Fly - Opacifrons maculifrons


Ulidiidae - Picture-winged Flies

Dipteran Tephritid ?? sp.


Section CALYPTRATAE

Calliphoridae - Blow Flies

Blow Fly


Sarcophagidae - Flesh Flies

Attractive Muscoidean Fly


Tachinidae

Tachinid ? Calyptratae fly - Phasia=Calyptratae fly - Phasia


Tephritidae - Fruit Flies

Fruit Fly=Fruit Fly Fruit FlyFruit Fly - Neotephritis finalis=Fruit Fly - Neotephritis finalis


Trichoptera - Caddisflies

dark trichop


Lepidoptera - Moths and Butterflies

Mike Quinn's Texas Moths - Moth Photographers Group

Superfamily Tineoidea

Acrolophidae - Burrowing Webworm Moths

Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus piger - female=Piger Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus piger - male=Piger Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus piger - male


Tineidae - Clothes Moths

four angled micro 


Psychidae - Bagworm Moths


Superfamily Gracillarioidea

Gracillariidae - Leaf Blotch Miner Moths

Micrurapteryx salicifoliella (Chambers) - Micrurapteryx salicifoliella Leaf Blotch Miner  - Phyllonorycter fitchella Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Phyllonorycter celtisella


Superfamily Gelechioidea

Coleophoridae - Casebearer Moths

Scavenger Moth Scavenger Moth Scavenger Moth


Cosmopterigidae - Cosmet Moths

Cosmopterix Cosmet Moth - Obithome punctiferella Micro - Triclonella determinatella


Elachistidae - Grass Miner Moths

Grass Miner Moth - Ethmia zelleriella Ladder-backed Ethmia Moth - Ethmia delliella


Gelechiidae - Twirler Moths

Palmerworm Moth - Dichomeris ligulella Gelechiid - Deltophora glandiferella Gelechiid - Aristotelia Gelechiid - Polyhymno luteostrigella Strobisia SP. - Strobisia Micro - Friseria acaciella


Glyphidoceridae

Five-spotted Glyphidocera Moth - Glyphidocera lactiflosella


Xyloryctidae - Flower Moths

Coppery Horseshoe-backed Micro-Lep sp.==Micro - Scythris trivinctella


Superfamily Copromorphoidea 

Carposinidae

Peach Fruit Moth - Carposina sasakii - female


Superfamily Yponomeutoidea

Plutellidae

Diamondback Moth - Plutella xylostella


Ypsolophidae

Ypso - Ypsolopha unicipunctella


Yponomeutidae - Ermine Moths

Ailanthus Webworm Moth - Atteva punctella


Heliodinidae

Aetole tripunctella (Walsingham) - Aetole tripunctella


Superfamily Tortricoidea

Tortricidae - Tortricid Moths

Gold-banded micro sp - Cydia latiferreana=Filbertworm Moth - Cydia latiferreana=Filbertworm Moth - Cydia latiferreana pale tipped brown micro Tortricid - Eumarozia malachitana Tortricid - Argyrotaenia Tort - Cydia membrosaThe Batman Moth - Coelostathma discopunctana


Superfamily Hesperioidea

Hesperiidae - Skippers

Common/White Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus notaxon - male Eufala Skipper - Lerodea eufala=Eufala Skipper - Lerodea eufala 


Superfamily Papilionoidea

Pieridae - Whites and Yellows

Checkered White - Pontia protodice Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae - femaleOrange Sulphur - Colias eurythemeLittle Yellow - Pyrisitia lisaSleepy Orange - Abaeis nicippe


Lycaenidae

Juniper Hairstreak - Callophrys gryneus 


Nymphalidae

American Snout - Libytheana carinenta Monarca - Danaus plexippus - female Queens in copula - Danaus gilippus - male - female Variegated Fritillary - Euptoieta claudia Tawny Emperor - Asterocampa clyton Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui


Superfamily Zygaenoidea

Megalopygidae - Flannel Moths

Southern Flannel Moth - Megalopyge opercularis - male


Epipyropidae - Planthopper Parasite Moths

Dark Blue-gray Micro-Lep sp.


Superfamily Pyraloidea 

Crambidae - Crambid Snout Moths

Crambid - Fissicrambus Fissicrambus sp. - Fissicrambus Urola nivalis (Drury) - Urola nivalis

Pale-fronted Pyralid sp. - Lipocosmodes Burnt Orange Pyralid sp,   

Pink-striped pyralid sp. Microtheoris ophionalis (Walker) - Microtheoris ophionalis

Imitation Crocidomera - Crocidomera imitata

Celery Leaftier - Udea rubigalis Lucerne Moth - Nomophila nearctica Eggplant Leafroller Moth - Lineodes interrupta=Eggplant Leafroller Moth - Lineodes interrupta=Lineodes interrupta Terastia meticulosalis Guenée - Terastia meticulosalis 

white jagged fawn colored pyraloidean Hawaiian Beet Webworm - Spoladea recurvalis Scraped Pilocrocis - Pilocrocis ramentalis Hileithia magualis Baccatalis Moth - Samea baccatalis

Garden Webworm Moth - Achyra rantalis Achyra bifidalis (Fabricius) - Achyra bifidalis


 

Pyralidae - Pyralid Moths

pyralid - Dolichomia Rust-White Ziggy-lined Micro-Lep sp. - Chararica hystriculella Lesser Cornstalk Borer - Elasmopalpus lignosellus white cinched dingy micro Mosaic pyralid sp. White-banded Pyralid sp. Pyralid - Salobrena sincera


Superfamily Pterophoroidea

Pterophoridae - Plume Moths

Pterophorid sp


Superfamily Geometroidea

Geometridae - Inchworm Moths

Five-lined Gray - Glena quinquelinearia mottled brown geo (??) Geo - Digrammia atrofasciata

Scopula umbilicata (Fabricius) - Scopula umbilicata Geo - Scopula benitaria Geometrid - Idaea violacearia thick winged micro  


Superfamily Bombycoidea

Saturniidae - Silk Moths

Imperial Moth - Eacles imperialis - male


Superfamily Sphingoidea

Sphingidae - Sphinx Moths

Rustic Sphinx - Manduca rustica Pawpaw Sphinx - Dolba hyloeusWalnut Sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Tersa Sphinx - Xylophanes tersa


Superfamily Noctuoidea

Arctiidae - Tiger Moths

white tiger Angel Lichen Moth - Cisthene angelus Painted Lichen Moth - Hypoprepia fucosa


Erebidae

Moonseed Moth - Plusiodonta compressipalpis

 Sad Underwing - Catocala maestosa  

Forage Looper - Caenurgina erechtea two-lined pyraloidean moth Texas Mocis - Mocis texana

Cellar Melipotis - Melipotis cellaris Indomitable Melipotis Moth - Melipotis indomita   

Luna-margined Zale - Zale lunata Multi-lined Tyrissa - Tyrissa multilinea=Multi-lined Tyrissa - Tyrissa multilinea Live Oak Metria Moth - Metria amella=Live Oak Metria Moth - Metria amella

 Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth - Anticarsia gemmatalis Black-spotted Fawn-colored Geo (??)

noctuoidean moth


Nolidae - Nolid Moths

white collared noctuid (??) Black-olive Caterpillar Moth - Characoma nilotica


Noctuidae - Owlet Moths

Spotted Spragueia - Spragueia guttata Southern Spragueia Moth - Spragueia dama 

Bull's-eye moth sp. - Harrisimemna trisignata Green Marvel - Agriopodes fallax

Cydosia aurivitta Grote & Robinson - Cydosia aurivitta - female 8999 – Cydosia aurivitta Grote & Robinson - Cydosia aurivitta - male Cydosia aurivitta - male

Noctuoidea - Diastema tigris

Eight-Spot - Amyna octo brown splotched pyraloidean moth Noctuid - Cobubatha numa

Laudable Arches Moth - Lacinipolia laudabilis

Arcigera Flower Moth - Schinia arcigera Slender Flower Moth - Schinia gracilenta Schinia chrysellus (Grote) - Schinia chrysella

Emarginea percara (Morrison) - Emarginea percara The Wedgeling - Galgula partita 


Notodontidae - Prominent Moths

Prominent Moth - Heterocampa White-headed Prominent - Symmerista albifrons Notodontid - Heterocampa astartoides


Hymenoptera - Wasps, Bees, Ants


Superfamily Ichneumonoidea

Braconidae - Braconids

Braconid Wasp 


Ichneumonidae - Ichneumon Wasps

Ichneumon Wasp Goggle Wasp sp. Braconid


Superfamily Sphecoidea

Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps

Wasp - Isodontia Spider Wasp ?


Superfamily Apoidea

Halictidae - Sweat Bees

bee


Megachilidae - Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies

Wasp/bee - Stelis


Apidae - Bees

American Bumble Bee - Bombus pensylvanicus - female


Superfamily Vespoidea

Vespidae - Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps

Eumenes sp. - Eumenes fraternus Brachygastra mellifica ?? Wasp - Stenodynerus - female

Vespid ??=Vespid ?? 


Superfamily Formicoidea

Formicidae - Ants 

winged ant Ants Ant - female Ant - female Ponerine



Austin-area Arthropod Lists and References

Arthropods Collected from Oaks, Elms, and Junipers in Western Travis County, Texas

Total taxa: 14 orders, 138 families, 473 genera, ~1600 species/subspecies

Faunal and Floral Species Lists - Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin

Valerie's Austin Bug Collection - Spiders - Insects

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Fauna Project - Valerie Bugh

Taber & Fleenor. 2003. Insects of the Texas Lost Pines. Texas A&M University Press, College Station. 283 pp.

Limited Preview via Google Book Search

Taber & Fleenor. 2005. Invertebrates of Central Texas Wetlands. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock. 309 pp.

Limited Preview via Google Book Search

Austin-area Lep Lists

Travis County Butterfly Checklist - Mike Quinn

Mike Quinn's (Austin mostly) Texas Moths - Moth Photographers Group

Valerie G. Bugh's Moths of Austin, Texas - Moth Photographers Group

Moths of Medina County - Maury Heiman

Close Up Photography

I highly recommend the following book to anyone who is serious about close up photography. It was written for SLR photography during the film era, but the laws of physics haven't changed significantly since then. 

John Shaw. 1987. John Shaw's Closeups in Nature. Amphoto Books, New York. 144 pp.

On Google Books - John Shaw's Website

The following macro lens is without peer:

"A unique manual-focus lens designed exclusively for macro shooting, between life-size (1x) and 5x life-size - at its maximum magnification, you can fill a 35mm frame with a grain of rice."

Here are two reviews: one - two but to truly see what this lens can do, just look at the following jaw-dropping images:

Charles Chien: Incredible close-up shot of a fly's head - Phenomenal shot of an ant tending an aphid

Check out the awesome clarity of this sub-millimeter mite along with other images shot by Scott Justis!!

Galumnoidea 

Aphid Giving Birth Diptera - female Collembola - Ptenothrix atra Moth ID - Dichomeris ligulella

more images 


Other Celebrated Back Yard Insect Surveys

Frank Lutz, an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, humorously described his collecting of some 1,402 insect species, including some 260 beetles, in a four-year survey of his 75-by-200-foot yard ...

This effort attracted the attention of a public television company in Japan, which sent a film crew to his residence in September of 2004 to film the story. The resulting documentary, “Bug-Hunter,” was broadcast nationally in Japan in December of that year. 

That documentary was updated to an English version and appeared as “Insect Microcosm” on the Smithsonian Channel (Direct TV, Channel 267).

Links and a Smithsonian article discussion his efforts:

Gary Hevel finds a backyard bonanza of bugs - Smithsonian Institution

"About 70 percent of the insects I catch come from my traps," Hevel explains. The other 30 percent come from Hevel's crawling through grass, peeling the bark off of dead trees, flipping over rocks, wandering through his garden, perusing the woodpile and making certain to visit specific trees, particularly when they are in flower. Hevel frequently uses a ladder and a long-handled net for collecting insects living high in trees.

National Geographic BioBlitz Blog - Posted on May 18, 2007 

Hevel, G. 2004. Bugs Beware. Smithsonian Magazine. Oct '04. 

Moth Backyard Surveys

Bob Patterson's Entomology Hobby Page - Digital Photos from My Garden and elsewhere

Apart from the intensive effort that I put forth this year [2004] in photographing moths, my record of 700+ species in one year is probably nothing special, and could be duplicated with equal or less effort elsewhere. Almost everyone lives amidst an abundance of moths. 

Butterfly Backyard Survey

Beetle Backyard Survey


January 04, 2011 © Mike Quinn / Texas Entomology