stopandlook

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Butorides virescens Common Name(s): Green heron Family: Ardeidae (heron) Life Stage(s): Juvenile Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Summer

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Acanthocephala femorata Common Name(s): Florida leaf-footed bug Family: Coreidae (leaf-footed bug) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Allen, Texas Season(s): Spring

Males of this species are characterized by thick hind femurs (hence “femorata”).

[stopandlook]

Mark di Suvero, Seminal, 1982, Tippet Rise Art Center, Fishtail, Montana

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Dione vanillae Common Name(s): Gulf fritillary Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterfly) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Summer

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Tyrannus verticalis Common Name(s): Western kingbird Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatcher) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Richardson, Texas Season(s): Spring

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Avena fatua Common Name(s): Wild oat Family: Poaceae (grass) Life Cycle: Annual Leaf Retention: N/A Habit: Graminoid USDA L48 Native Status: Introduced Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

Differentiated from cultivated oat (A. sativa) by its two awns and hairy florets.

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Callicarpa americana Common Name(s): American beautyberry Family: Lamiaceae (mint); prev. Verbenaceae (verbena) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Shrub USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Dallas, Texas Season(s): Spring

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Molothrus ater Common Name(s): Brown-headed cowbird Family: Icteridae (new world blackbird) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Summer

Two males and one female.

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Ipomoea cordatotriloba Common Name(s): Tievine Family: Convolvulaceae (morning glory) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Vine USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Dallas, Texas Season(s): Spring

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Atomosia melanopogon Common Name(s): Blackbeard micropanther Family: Asilidae (robber fly) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

IDed by the closed R5 wing cell. Robber flies are fierce predators.

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Argia translata Common Name(s): Dusky dancer Family: Coenagrionidae (narrow-winged damselfly) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Richardson, Texas Season(s): Spring

Mature adult male.

[stopandlook]

Let’s go walk with mama.

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Torilis arvensis Common Name(s): Common hedge parsley, spreading hedgeparsley Family: Apiaceae (carrot, umbellifers) Life Cycle: Annual Leaf Retention: N/A Habit: Forb USDA L48 Native Status: Introduced Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

Burs to snag on animal fur for seed dispersal. See flowers here.

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Nyctanassa violacea Common Name(s): Yellow-crowned night heron Family: Ardeidae (heron) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Cicindela sexguttata Common Name(s): Six-spotted tiger beetle Family: Cicindelidae (tiger beetle) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Allen, Texas Season(s): Spring

The number of spots can actually vary from zero up to eight.

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Asterocampa celtis Common Name(s): Hackberry emperor Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterfly) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

Ventral wing pattern. See dorsal view here.

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Mareca americana Common Name(s): American wigeon Family: Anatidae (duck/goose/swan) Life Stage(s): Adult Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

Male (left) & female (right).