Citrine forktail (Ischnura hastata)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Sweat bee (Agapostemon splendens)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Sweat bee (Agapostemon splendens)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Sweat bee (Halictus ligatus) collecting pollen from a firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Sweat bee (Halictus ligatus) on Gaillardia pulchella

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Halictus ligatus

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Sweat bee (Halictus ligatus) on Gaillardia pulchella

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Paper wasp (Polistes) feeding on Texas prairie parsley (Polytaenia texana)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Four-toothed potter wasp (Monobia quadridens)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Crab spider (Mecaphesa sp.)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Crab spider (Mecaphasa sp.)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Crab spider (Mecaphasa sp.)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Long-jawed orbweaver (Tetragnathidae)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Black widow (Latrodectus mactans)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Bush katydid (Scudderia) nymph on prickly pear blossom

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Green-striped grasshopper (Chortophaga viridfasciata) nymph

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Paraidemona sp.

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Paraidemona sp.

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Paraidemona sp.

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Paraidemona sp.

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Spot-winged grasshopper (Orphulella pelidna)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Spot-winged grasshopper (Orphulella pelidna)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Synchlora (geometrid moth) caterpillar

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Midas fly (Mydas clavatus)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Midas fly (Mydas clavatus)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Midas fly (Mydas clavatus)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Gulfshore tiger beetle (Habroscelimorpha pamphila)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Gulfshore tiger beetle (Habroscelimorpha pamphila)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Gulfshore tiger beetle (Habroscelimorpha pamphila)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Gulfshore tiger beetle (Habroscelimorpha pamphila)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Gulfshore tiger beetle (Habroscelimorpha pamphila)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Saltmarsh tiger beetle (Habroscelimorpha severa)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

SaltmarshtigerbeetleHabroscelimorphasevera

Ellipsoptera hamata

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

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Ellipsoptera hamata

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Longlegged fly

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Robber fly (Proctacanthella robusta)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Saltmarsh watersnake (Nerodia clarkii)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Saltmarsh watersnake (Nerodia clarkii)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

Bolsa Chica, CA, by Ted Lee Eubanks

EaredgrebePodicepsnigricollis4X6

Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Galveston, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

PiedbilledgrebePodilymbuspodiceps4X6

Black-bellied whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)

Galveston, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

BlackbelliedwhistlingduckDendrocygnaautumnalis4X6

Mottled duck (Anas fulvigula)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

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Mottled duck (Anas fulvigula)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)

Galveston, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

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Blue-winged teal (Anas discors)

Port Aransas, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

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Green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)

Port Aransas, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

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