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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Agosto 5, 2020 a las 09:58 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

This is my 1st male of this species, isn't he handsome? In bright sunlight which brought out the green iridescence of his fangs (Proper term is chelicerae)

Phidippus clarus - Photo (c) c_hutton, todos los derechos reservados, subido por c_hutton
Identificación de tfandre: Phidippus clarus, un miembro de Arañas Saltarinas Típicas (Subfamilia Salticinae)
Añadido el agosto 21, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Agosto 5, 2020 a las 09:47 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

Leafhopper Lifer
My friend spotted this one in the woods. New for us both. No common name. Researched & found out it is fairly rare. Not many reported in North America much less Texas. Not a lot of information about it. Looks very different, more like a spittlebug than a leafhopper.
Same individual as Tracey's in bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1871216#3190249 @tfandre

Penthimia americana - Photo (c) Jason M Crockwell, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), subido por Jason M Crockwell
Identificación de tfandre: Penthimia americana, un miembro de Chicharritas (Familia Cicadellidae)
Añadido el agosto 20, 2023
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aelaculver

Fecha

Noviembre 23, 2019 a las 03:57 TARDE UTC
Acanthocephala declivis - Photo (c) Sharpj99, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA)
Identificación de tfandre: Acanthocephala declivis, un miembro de Chinches Gigantes de Cabeza Espinosa (Género Acanthocephala)
Añadido el agosto 7, 2023
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aelaculver

Fecha

Abril 20, 2020 a las 01:23 TARDE UTC
Gusanos Soldados Y Cogolleros - Photo (c) Robert Meehan, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Robert Meehan
Identificación de tfandre: Gusanos Soldados Y Cogolleros (Género Spodoptera)
Añadido el agosto 7, 2023
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entomike

Fecha

Noviembre 6, 2009

Descripción

Det. M.D. Schwartz, 2010
spmn in the TAMUIC

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Lampethusa nicholi - Photo (c) Mike Quinn, Austin, TX, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Mike Quinn, Austin, TX
Identificación de tfandre: Lampethusa nicholi, un miembro de Chinches de Las Plantas (Familia Miridae)
Añadido el agosto 5, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Julio 8, 2020 a las 08:12 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

This one is for the katydid which is a lifer. ID confirmed on bugguide here, read all the comments: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2275061 @tfandre
Photo 1:
Mama Goes Grocery Shopping
She landed in front of me with the baby food she had been gathering. I didn't realize it until processing, but she has both an adult and a nymph katydid in her beak. The adult is a large female of what turned out to be a new species of katydid for me.
Broad-tipped Conehead Katydid (Neoconocephalus triops)
Photo 2:
Showing Off Her Catch
It seemed like she was showing off her catch to me. This is not exactly the way I wanted to get a katydid lifer, all squished in a bird's beak. Really amazed the katydid experts in bugguide were able to identify it but they did. She has her tail feathers spread for balance.
Photo 3:
It's BOGO Day
This is the shot where I realized she had 2 bugs in her beak if you look closely. The long pointy ovipositor on the adult katydid lets you know she is female. I am not sure how the top katydid expert knows the nymph is a male with it at that stage but that is why he is the expert.

Neoconocephalus triops - Photo (c) John and Kendra Abbott, todos los derechos reservados, subido por John and Kendra Abbott
Identificación de tfandre: Neoconocephalus triops, un miembro de Esperanzas Cabeza de Cono (Género Neoconocephalus)
Añadido el julio 31, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Julio 1, 2020 a las 08:51 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

So glad I spotted it on the leaf. Cooperative subject & I was able to get a good shot that showed off those eyes. Assassin bug with demon eyes.....sounds right.
ID confirmed on bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2264792 @tfandre

Zelus luridus - Photo (c) Mike Quinn, Austin, TX, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Mike Quinn, Austin, TX
Identificación de tfandre: Zelus luridus, un miembro de Chinches Besuconas Y Parientes (Familia Reduviidae)
Añadido el julio 29, 2023
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Chapulín Verde Rayado (Chortophaga viridifasciata)

Observ.

kalamurphyking

Fecha

Julio 4, 2023 a las 01:01 TARDE CDT

Descripción

Who Knew?
When I spotted this tiny baby grasshopper, I thought I'd found something new. I sent it to the grasshopper expert only to find it was quite common and I'd seen several of the adults. I would never have expected a baby this color to turn out to be a green-striped grasshopper.
ID confirmed in bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2266828 @tfandre

Chapulín Verde Rayado - Photo (c) Anthony Zukoff, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA)
Identificación de tfandre: Chapulín Verde Rayado (Chortophaga viridifasciata)
Añadido el julio 19, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Julio 4, 2023 a las 11:51 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

Katydid Lifer Looks Like A Leaf
Grandson Everett had me come & look at a big green bug on the side of his house. It turned out to be a new kind of katydid for me & it was quite big. Apparently she had been where the sprinklers were going earlier that morning, she had droplets on her wings. I love how the wings look so leaflike complete with tiny veins.
Female
Id confirmed in bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2266442 @tfandre

Pterophylla camellifolia - Photo (c) Jeremy Collison, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Jeremy Collison
Identificación de tfandre: Pterophylla camellifolia, un miembro de Esperanzas (Familia Tettigoniidae)
Añadido el julio 18, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Julio 4, 2023 a las 01:07 TARDE CDT

Descripción

All I knew when I saw this grasshopper was that I'd never seen one like it before. Turned out I had, the tiny green one grandson Everett caught in June was a younger version of this one. This is a middle stage of the prairie boopie grasshopper. My 2nd of this species. I want to find an adult next, they are black.

Female
id confirmed on bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2267328 @tfandre

Boopedon gracile - Photo (c) Bill Carrell, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), subido por Bill Carrell
Identificación de tfandre: Boopedon gracile, un miembro de Saltamontes de Antenas Cortas (Familia Acrididae)
Añadido el julio 18, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Julio 4, 2023 a las 11:37 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

Photo 1:
Bee Fly Lifer
Grandson Everett pointed out some tiny flying insects in his mother's flower bed. This one turned out to be new for me. Very pretty when the sun hits that golden fuzz on the thorax. No common name for it.
Photo 2:
Gold Dust
When sunlit, it looks like someone sprinkled gold dust all over it. Beautiful golden sparkles.
id confirmed on bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2264771 @tfandre

Chrysanthrax cypris - Photo (c) Sam Kieschnick, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), subido por Sam Kieschnick
Identificación de tfandre: Chrysanthrax cypris, un miembro de Moscas Abejas (Género Chrysanthrax)
Añadido el julio 17, 2023
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Chapulín Diferencial (Melanoplus differentialis)

Observ.

kalamurphyking

Fecha

Junio 14, 2023 a las 12:04 TARDE CDT

Descripción

Unusual Color
I went to a plant nursery with my daughter & saw this grasshopper there. It was a strange color I'd not seen before. I thought it was new but the grasshopper experts told me it was a differential nymph which is common. However the expert said "Wing buds look pretty plump and abdomen is distended, so probably about to molt. Maybe that's why the color is a little weird?" So yeah, unusual but kind of a pretty color too.
Id confirmed in bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2259685 @tfandre

Chapulín Diferencial - Photo (c) Victor W Fazio III, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), subido por Victor W Fazio III
Identificación de tfandre: Chapulín Diferencial (Melanoplus differentialis)
Añadido el julio 4, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Junio 10, 2020 a las 09:06 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

Little Wasp Cutie
It was my second time to find one of these small cuties. They get their name from the habit of carrying grass blades to their cavity nest to partition off cells for several larvae.
Same individual that Tracey has photos of here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49358722 @tfandre

Isodontia auripes - Photo (c) Tracey Fandre, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), subido por Tracey Fandre
Identificación de tfandre: Isodontia auripes, un miembro de Avispas de Cintura de Hilo (Familia Sphecidae)
Añadido el julio 1, 2023
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Araña de Cruz (Neoscona crucifera)

Observ.

kalamurphyking

Fecha

Junio 14, 2023 a las 10:13 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

This observation is for the spider
Photo 1:
That's A Big Catch
Everett & I got to watch a little drama in the garden. This spider had a web that stretched from a rose bush to a tree. Ev told me there was a spider that had caught something. A June bug bigger than the spider.
Photo 2:
Spinning The Catch
The spider started spinning the bug as it tried to wrap silk around it.
Photo 3:
Spidey Fumbles The Catch
The weight of the bug was too much for the web and the beetle ended up slipping from the spider's grasp and fell to the ground as the spider kept grabbing for it.
Photo 4:
No More Catch
Everett & I felt sorry for the spider as it hung there looking at the bug on the ground. Where did my meal go?

ID of spider is confirmed by last photo in bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2257450
@tfandre

Araña de Cruz - Photo (c) Michael Schmidt, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA)
Identificación de tfandre: Araña de Cruz (Neoscona crucifera)
Añadido el julio 1, 2023
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Abaniquillo Verde del Noreste (Anolis carolinensis)

Observ.

kalamurphyking

Fecha

Mayo 21, 2020 a las 01:51 TARDE CDT

Descripción

Danger In The Lantana
I found a predator in my next door neighbor's lantana. Hiding on the brick behind the lantana waiting for a pollinator to land.

Abaniquillo Verde del Noreste - Photo (c) Roberto R. Calderón, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Roberto R. Calderón
Identificación de tfandre: Abaniquillo Verde del Noreste (Anolis carolinensis)
Añadido el junio 10, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Junio 23, 2021 a las 09:22 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

Might be the subspecies bicolor
Photo 1:
Peek-a-boo Beetle
I found a new kind of beetle on a thistle. It was partially hidden at first, peeking out at me. It is a kind of blister beetle. As you can see here, their mouth part is really long so they can suck nectar out of flowers. Thistles must have the sweetest nectar considering all the insects attracted to it.
Texas Thistle (Cirsium texanum)
Photo 2:
Here I Am!
It finally came out where I could see more of it. You can see the entire length of the mouth part here as it prepares to insert it again. Blister beetles get their names due to the fact you can get blisters on your skin if you handle them. For defense, they secrete a blistering agent called Cantharidin. When mating, the male gifts a wad of it to the female and she uses it to cover her eggs to protect them.

Nemognatha piazata bicolor - Photo (c) Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista
Identificación de tfandre: Nemognatha piazata ssp. bicolor, un miembro de Escarabajos Ampolleros (Familia Meloidae)
Añadido el junio 7, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Abril 12, 2023 a las 09:57 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

Not all lifers are birds. This moth was on a wooden path in the woodlands. Turned out to be new for me. Their host is poplar trees. I checked and Eastern Cottonwoods are in these woodlands which explains the moth. I did not know cottonwoods are poplars until now. Always learning.
ID confirmed in bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2235793

Gluphisia septentrionis - Photo (c) Ilona L, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA)
Identificación de tfandre: Gluphisia septentrionis, un miembro de Polillas Búho (Superfamilia Noctuoidea)
Añadido el mayo 3, 2023
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Cuervo Pescador (Corvus ossifragus)

Observ.

kalamurphyking

Fecha

Abril 12, 2023 a las 10:58 MAÑANA CDT

Descripción

This was a huge lifer for me. Fish Crows are rare here. You can't get credit for them with a photo only because they look just like regular crows. You have to hear them calling. They have an extremely nasal sounding call which is nothing like the American Crow's caws I am used to. Their habitat is bodies of water & wetlands. I knew there was a nesting pair here. Most people get credit by just hearing them & making a recording. I was incredibly lucky. This one perched high on a snag and called there right by the boardwalk at the wetlands section. So I got some shots & heard that unique call. So cool. Same bird with better shot & recording from Tracey here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154616525

Cuervo Pescador - Photo (c) Rhododendrites, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
Identificación de tfandre: Cuervo Pescador (Corvus ossifragus)
Añadido el mayo 3, 2023
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kalamurphyking

Fecha

Abril 20, 2020 a las 12:51 TARDE CDT

Descripción

New Friend
I found this cutie inside my house on my bay window ledge. He kept turning to watch me as I cleaned up the kitchen. Also friendly. He hopped on my hand & I took him outside and released.
ID confirmed in bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2232932
@tfandre

Anasaitis canosa - Photo (c) Robby Deans, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Robby Deans
Identificación de tfandre: Anasaitis canosa, un miembro de Arañas Saltarinas Típicas (Subfamilia Salticinae)
Añadido el abril 11, 2023
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Arañas Enanas Redondas (Género Oecobius)

Observ.

sambiology

Fecha

Noviembre 8, 2017

Descripción

Cold, rainy, and dreary day... so only saw a couple things in the restroom today.

Arañas Enanas Redondas - Photo (c) Jean and Fred, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY)
Identificación de tfandre: Arañas Enanas Redondas (Género Oecobius)
Añadido el marzo 20, 2023
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acjci

Fecha

Marzo 14, 2023 a las 05:35 TARDE CDT
Scaphidium quadriguttatum - Photo (c) Katja Schulz, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY)
Identificación de tfandre: Scaphidium quadriguttatum, un miembro de Escarabajos Vagabundos (Familia Staphylinidae)
Añadido el marzo 15, 2023
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Cormorán Orejón (Nannopterum auritum)

Observ.

greglasley

Fecha

Marzo 20, 2018 a las 11:42 MAÑANA CDT
Cormorán Orejón - Photo (c) José Antonio Linage Espinosa, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por José Antonio Linage Espinosa
Identificación de tfandre: Cormorán Orejón (Nannopterum auritum)
Añadido el marzo 1, 2023
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Mariposa Cometa Gigante (Heraclides cresphontes)

Observ.

sambiology

Fecha

Octubre 29, 2016

Descripción

After my nephew's soccer game, Elizabeth went to "Sew Fabricated" fabric store, and I went to this park -- been here many times before, and it's quite nice.

Mariposa Cometa Gigante - Photo (c) Brian Peterson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND)
Identificación de tfandre: Mariposa Cometa Gigante (Heraclides cresphontes)
Añadido el febrero 18, 2023
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Mariposa Cometa Gigante (Heraclides cresphontes)

Observ.

zooga1961

Fecha

Septiembre 19, 2016

Descripción

eastern giant swallowtail

Mariposa Cometa Gigante - Photo (c) Brian Peterson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND)
Identificación de tfandre: Mariposa Cometa Gigante (Heraclides cresphontes)
Añadido el febrero 18, 2023
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Mariposa Cometa Gigante (Heraclides cresphontes)

Observ.

rehb

Fecha

Septiembre 3, 2016 a las 09:35 MAÑANA CDT
Mariposa Cometa Gigante - Photo (c) Brian Peterson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND)
Identificación de tfandre: Mariposa Cometa Gigante (Heraclides cresphontes)
Añadido el febrero 18, 2023
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Reyezuelo Matraquita (Corthylio calendula)

Observ.

mchlfx

Fecha

Noviembre 2, 2018 a las 09:02 MAÑANA CDT
Reyezuelo Matraquita - Photo (c) Jonathan Eisen, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), subido por Jonathan Eisen
Identificación de tfandre: Reyezuelo Matraquita (Corthylio calendula)
Añadido el febrero 15, 2023
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Reyezuelo Matraquita (Corthylio calendula)

Observ.

greglasley

Fecha

Febrero 17, 2018 a las 10:58 MAÑANA CST
Reyezuelo Matraquita - Photo (c) Jonathan Eisen, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), subido por Jonathan Eisen
Identificación de tfandre: Reyezuelo Matraquita (Corthylio calendula)
Añadido el febrero 15, 2023
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Reyezuelo Matraquita (Corthylio calendula)

Observ.

brentano

Fecha

Febrero 12, 2018 a las 02:38 TARDE CST

Descripción

Walking the creek bed near the nature park.

Reyezuelo Matraquita - Photo (c) Jonathan Eisen, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), subido por Jonathan Eisen
Identificación de tfandre: Reyezuelo Matraquita (Corthylio calendula)
Añadido el febrero 15, 2023
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Reyezuelo Matraquita (Corthylio calendula)

Observ.

greglasley

Fecha

Enero 30, 2017 a las 11:46 MAÑANA CST
Reyezuelo Matraquita - Photo (c) Jonathan Eisen, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), subido por Jonathan Eisen
Identificación de tfandre: Reyezuelo Matraquita (Corthylio calendula)
Añadido el febrero 14, 2023
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Gavilán Pecho Canela (Accipiter striatus)

Observ.

nathan_vaughn

Fecha

Diciembre 5, 2020 a las 07:26 TARDE CST
Gavilán Pecho Canela - Photo (c) Troy B, todos los derechos reservados, subido por Troy B
Identificación de tfandre: Gavilán Pecho Canela (Accipiter striatus)
Añadido el diciembre 3, 2022
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