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Category: Wildlife – Invertebrates

Posts in this category contain references to insects, spiders, worms, aquatic creatures such as clams, mussels, jellyfish, octopuses, etc.

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 18)

Photo: Sunrise over Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Sunrise over Horseshoe Bay as viewed through the windshield of my truck

Nature is all around us. Sometimes, nature is even in our house. And sometimes, we are not amused.

Published Sunday, 3 September 2023, 6:00
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes Tagged centipede, hognose snake, raccoon

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 17)

Photo: Two squirrels splooting on our back porch to deal with the heat

The extreme heat isn’t keep the natural denizens from making appearances around our house.

Published Thursday, 3 August 2023, 11:39
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged brown anole, green anole, gulf coast toad, painted bunting, rock squirrel, Texas Spiny Lizard, tree frog, vine sphinx moth, walkingstick insect

Firecracker Plants and Caterpillars

When we noticed caterpillars on our firecracker plants, we didn’t realize we were viewing a phenomenon that has been recognized for only a few years.

Published Friday, 30 June 2023, 6:29
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Invertebrates Tagged butterfly, caterpillar, common buckeye, firecracker plant

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 16 – Invertebrates)

Photo: Squirrel splayed out on the concrete, trying to deal with the brutal Texas heat

In the first of this two part series, we take a quick look at some local phenomena in the insect world.

Published Monday, 26 June 2023, 16:46
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Invertebrates Tagged assassin bug, black swallowtail caterpillar, caterpillar hunter beetle, praying mantis, walnut caterpillar

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 15)

Photo: funny tree stump

Nature provided a plethora of fascinating scenes over the past few weeks.

Published Friday, 2 June 2023, 17:54
Categorized as Nature, Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 14)

Bluebonnets are fading, but there are plenty of other wildflowers to take their place. We also encountered a teensy turtle, and a hitherto unobserved water snake.

Published Thursday, 27 April 2023, 6:00
Categorized as Nature, Plant Life, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Snakes, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged diamondback watersnake, milkweed, Monarch butterflies, river cooter, Texas wildflowers

Random Thursday: Random Is As Random Does

Photo: Sunset as viewed from the Marina at Horseshoe Bay Resort, Texas

Got some nature photos sandwiched between two slices of inanity.

Published Thursday, 20 April 2023, 11:26
Categorized as Random Thursday, TV & Radio..., Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged ecdysis, eight-spotted forester moth, gecko, red-tailed hawk

Foto Friday

This was a good week for taking pictures.

Published Friday, 14 April 2023, 14:45
Categorized as Photography, Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Snakes Tagged bluebonnets, fog, Horseshoe Bay, snails, snakes

The Asian [Clams] Invasion

I recently learned that Central Texas waterways have been invaded by clams…Asian clams, to be exact. Should we be worried?

Published Monday, 12 September 2022, 6:10
Categorized as Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Invertebrates

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 13)

Photo: Low water crossing on Pecan Creek

Tunneling termites, firewood munching bugs and periscoping snakes: we got ‘em.

Published Sunday, 7 August 2022, 15:22
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Snakes

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