Photo Gallery
Abbreviations: Bentsen Rio Grande State Park (BRGSP)
NABA Garden (NABA)
Old Hidalgo Pumphouse (OHP)
Santa Ana NWR (SANWR)
Estero Llano Grande State Park (ELGSP)
Rainpool Spreadwing, life ode #3 for the day! (ELGSP)
More Rainpool Spreadwings, same location
Rambur's Forktail; male left (OHP), female right (BRGSP)
Pair "in the wheel", ELGSP
Female Familiar Bluets (left and center NABA, right BRGSP)
Another female Familiar Bluet with a darker antehumeral stripe, OHP
Immature male (?) Familiar Bluets, NABA
Adult male Familiar Bluet; left OHP, right ELGSP
Really furry against the light! (Same location)
Kiowa Dancer, OHP
Young female Blue-ringed Dancer, SANWR
Adult male Blue-ringed Dancer (darker individual on right), SANWR
Blue-ringed Dancers ovipositing in tandem, SANWR. Two different pairs, as the left male has a very purple antehumeral stripe!
"So who d'ya think's gonna win the World Series?"
Bug of the Day: Golden-winged Dancer (life ode)! OHP
Desert Firetail, OHP
Common Green Darner; BRGSP left, ELGSP right (if only the "good" ones would be that cooperative, right?)
Common Green Darner pair in tandem and ovipositing, SANWR
Variegated Meadowhawk, BRGSP
In tandem and ovipositing, OHP
Male Eastern Pondhawks; left BRGSP, right OHP
Female Eastern Pondhawk, SANWR
Distant Pin-tailed Pondhawk, SANWR
Female Blue Dasher, BRGSP
Male Blue Dasher, OHP
Spot-tailed Dashers in tandem, OHP
Male Spot-tailed Dashers, OHP
Roseate Skimmer, adult male (left, Retama Village); immature male (?) (right, NABA)
Female Roseate Skimmer, SANWR
Evening Skimmer, life bug #2 for the day (thanks, Tripp)! SANWR
Red-tailed Pennant, ELGSP
Black Saddlebags, BRGSP
Red Saddlebags, ELGSP
Token leps...
Giant White, SANWR
Red Admiral, NABA
Mexican Bluewings (male left, female right), NABA
Two-barred Flasher, NABA
White-striped Longtail, NABA
Mystery grass skipper (worn Common Mellana?); Retama Village
Eufala Skipper, OHP
Sachem, Retama Village
Brazilian Skipper, Retama Village
Presumed Ocola Skipper, OHP (had an awfully golden head...)
Hinna Moth (Lesmone hinna), BRGSP
Other critters...
Rosebelly Lizard, SANWR
Great Kisakdee, ELGSP