![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seeds of thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1412/jpeg/11t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of thistle (Cirsium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 20, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/783/jpeg/10t.jpg) "Exploding" seeds of a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/783/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close up of "exploding" seeds of a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/783/jpeg/08t.jpg) Thistle with seeds and a green lynx spider in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seeds of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/16t.jpg) Arrangement of seeds of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2741/jpeg/18t.jpg) Seeds of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) near Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/15t.jpg) Bud of thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blooming thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1467/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bumblebee on thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower of summer thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1464/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower of summer thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1464/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flower bud of summer thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2997/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of thistle (Cirsium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1448/jpeg/21t.jpg) Summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1452/jpeg/18t.jpg) Summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2257/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1448/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower bud of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1452/jpeg/16t.jpg) Summer-blooming thistle flower (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1453/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flower bud of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1448/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1452/jpeg/23t.jpg) Seeds of woodland lettuce (Lactuca floridana(?)) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1464/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seeds of woodland lettuce (Lactuca floridana) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1448/jpeg/22t.jpg) Blooming summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/649/jpeg/01t.jpg) Katydid nymph in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3134/jpeg/10t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3126/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2478/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3509/jpeg/24t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2241/jpeg/17t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/780/jpeg/20t.jpg) Thistle flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2243/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flower bud of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2478/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flower of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2478/jpeg/23t.jpg) Blooming yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2482/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flower bud of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/780/jpeg/23t.jpg) Crab like spider in a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/780/jpeg/21t.jpg) Opening thistle flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1077/jpeg/01t.jpg) Crab spider on a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rosette of leaves of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2473/jpeg/02t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2758/jpeg/29t.jpg) Katydid nymph on camphorweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1046/jpeg/24t.jpg) Katydid on rudbeckia flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 25, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2906/jpeg/12t.jpg) Metallic beetles in yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2906/jpeg/11t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a recently built pipeline in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2473/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flower bud of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2477/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) with a bronze beetle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/01t.jpg) Frostweed and a thistle on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1077/jpeg/02t.jpg) Florets of a thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1412/jpeg/01t.jpg) Prickly seeds of Hedge Parsley (Torilis arvensis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/17t.jpg) Immature seed head of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2872/jpeg/03t.jpg) Basal leaves of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2872/jpeg/02t.jpg) Winter rosette of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2879/jpeg/01t.jpg) Winter rosette of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3374/jpeg/17t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a forest opening over a sewage line in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/05t.jpg) Common true katydid on a leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2477/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spiderwort (Tradescantia) with a katydid nymph in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/744/jpeg/15t.jpg) Katydid nymph on blue spiderwort (tradescantia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1044/jpeg/06t.jpg) Winecup flower with katydid nymph in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/783/jpeg/12t.jpg) Opening spherical seed head of a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1076/jpeg/13t.jpg) Thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1076/jpeg/21t.jpg) Thistle flower heads (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1476/jpeg/26t.jpg) Ripe fruit of passion flower (Passiflora) with seeds taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2872/jpeg/01t.jpg) Large thorny rosette of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/04t.jpg) Small fly on a thistle Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, July 14, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/03t.jpg) Thistle flower Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, July 14, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1476/jpeg/25t.jpg) Seeds inside opened fruit of passion flower (Passiflora) taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/06t.jpg) Green camouflage of common true katydid on a leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/07t.jpg) Side view of common true katydid on a leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/662/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii?) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2301/jpeg/29t.jpg) Seeds of wood oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flower of false garlic with a nymph of katydid in Lick Creek Park, on Post Oak Trail. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2993/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seeds of foxtail millet grass (Setaria italica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/656/jpeg/17t.jpg) Summer-blooming thistle flower (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park, on Iron Bridge Trail. College Station, July 6, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/656/jpeg/18t.jpg) Summer-blooming thistle flower (Cirsium engelmannii) from above in Lick Creek Park, on Iron Bridge Trail. College Station, July 6, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower of blue-eyed grass with immature katydid in Lick Creek Park, on Post Oak Trail. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/783/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flower crab spider (Misumenops celer(?)) eating a skipper butterfly on a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2301/jpeg/22t.jpg) Seeds of big Eastern gamagrass (Fakahatchee Grass, Tripsacum dactyloides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1468/jpeg/14t.jpg) Seeds of Passion flower (Passiflora) in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, July 27, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/726/jpeg/24t.jpg) Yellow star-grass (woolly stargrass, Hypoxis hirsuta) with a katydid nymph in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/01t.jpg) Immature katydid on Yellow star-grass (woolly stargrass, Hypoxis hirsuta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1462/jpeg/22t.jpg) Katydid nymph on prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2739/jpeg/05t.jpg) Seeds of hooded windmill grass (Chloris cucullata(?)) on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/658/jpeg/10t.jpg) Flower longhorned beetle Strange Virile Bycid (Strangalia virilis) mimicking as a wasp on a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1462/jpeg/27t.jpg) Katydid nymph on a petal of prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2739/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of seeds of hooded windmill grass (Chloris cucullata(?)) on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1468/jpeg/16t.jpg) Seeds inside opened ripe fruit of Passion flower (Passiflora) in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, July 27, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2739/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of Paraguayan windmillgrass (Chloris canterai) or may be Chloris verticillata on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2706/jpeg/22t.jpg) Shoot of a plant looking like sow thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1400/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry plant of distaff-thistle (Atractylis carduus) with fluffy seeds on a roadside near Abu Nahlah. Qatar, April 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2828/jpeg/11t.jpg) Winter rosette of thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2999/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower of thistle (Cirsium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3351/jpeg/20t.jpg) Rosette of thistle (Cirsium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 27, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1448/jpeg/20t.jpg) Bark of water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1467/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dry spikelet of grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
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