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857-10. Black swallowtail caterpillar in dew showing its osmeterium (orange horns, forked, eversible organ behind the head) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2010Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Disturbed caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in defensive pose showing orange horns (osmeterium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 23, 2010  Caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in defensive pose retracting orange horns (osmeterium) and showing three pairs of front legs in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 23, 2010  Caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in dew in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2010  Black swallowtail caterpillar on a stalk of meadow parsley in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2010  Caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022  Black swallowtail butterfly in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2010  Inactive black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in dew in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2010  Spiny spider eating black swallowtail butterflies in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2010  Black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on Post Oak Trail at morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2010  Black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2010  Ventral surface of Black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2010  Black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on woodoats (Chasmanthium latifolium) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2010  Tail area of wings of Black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2010  Green form of chrysalis (pupal stage of butterfly) of Black Swallowtail formed on a plant stem in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2010  Caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on parsley in Butterfly Garden at Andy Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 5, 2021  Caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on a stalk of parsley in Butterfly Garden at Andy Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 5, 2021  Young caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on a stalk of parsley in Butterfly Garden at Andy Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 5, 2021  Earlier instar (dark with a white saddle) of Black swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes) on an island in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, April 22, 2010  Red and black striped caterpillar on soft golden aster (Bradburia pilosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 17, 2010  Caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 23, 2010  Caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 29, 2010  Seed head of Antelope horns milkweed (Asclepias viridis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 17, 2018  Scorpionfly with black and orange stripes (Panorpa nuptialis) on woolly croton in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2010  Furry caterpillar in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2010  Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar (Estigmene acrea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2010  Gulf fritillary caterpillar on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2010  Dry head of black eyed susan flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2012  Dry seed head of black eyed susan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2012  Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar (Estigmene acrea) feeding on curly dock (Rumex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2010  Mature head of black eyed susan flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2012  Drying head of black eyed susan flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2012  Head of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023  Yellow hairy caterpillar of Salt Marsh Moth (Estigmene acrea) on dock (Rumex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 27, 2010  Bottle-brush sedge (Porcupine sedge, Carex hystericina) showing elongate egg-shaped spike with perigynia on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 27, 2010  Orange and black butterfly in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2014  Close up of orange and black butterfly in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2014  Stink bug nymph on a seed head of soft golden aster in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2010  Tail part of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, June 2, 2010  Middle segments of abdomen of Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar (Estigmene acrea) with fleshy feet (prolegs) covered with tiny gripping hooklets (crochets) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2010  Orange flower of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012  Pipevine swallowtail(?) caterpillar in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, October 4, 2009  Black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) at morning on a stalk of Slender bush clover in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, June 2, 2010  Black beetle on a leaf of woolly croton in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 3, 2010  Closed flower and a seed head of soft golden aster (Bradburia pilosa, Heterotheca, Chrysopis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 17, 2010  Seeds of Antelope horns milkweed (Asclepias viridis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 17, 2018  Some orange powderpuff polypore mushrooms on a fallen wet hardwood twig of oak or black locust in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 2, 2024  Black-eyed susan flower and needlegrass rush on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2010  Meadow pink and black-eyed susan flowers on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2010  Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) flower on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 19, 2010  Fluffy seeds of Antelope horns milkweed (Asclepias viridis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 17, 2018  Flower of green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 5, 2008  Green milkweed (Antelope horns, Asclepias viridis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2018  Green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2018  Slender orange bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 18, 2010.  Mature seed head of common dandelion (Taraxanum officinale) showing parasol-like pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 24, 2010  Green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2018  Green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 21, 2019  Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2010  Field of prairie parsley (Polytaenia texana), home of many black swallowtail caterpillars, in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 16, 2010  Pipevine swallowtail(?) caterpillar in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, May 7, 2011  Black tarantula like spider Ummidia sp. (Trapdoor Spider) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2010  Caterpillar on plantain in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2012  Black and orange buckeye caterpillar on purple gerardia (false foxglove, Agalinis purpurea) on a shore of an island in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, October 2, 2009  Broad banded water snake showing tongue in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 25, 2011  Inflating stem of frostweed showing fluffy crystals of ice in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020  Black blister beetle (Epicauta pennsylvanica) on flat-topped goldenrod (bushy goldentop, Euthamia leptocephala(?)) near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 17, 2010  Caterpillar on a shoot of greenbrier in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 22, 2021  Dissected bolete mushrooms Lanmaoa showing thin layer of gills in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 24, 2018  Furry caterpillar on woolly croton in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 9, 2012  Black and orange caterpillar of salt-and-pepper moth (Utetheisa lotrix) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013  Monarch caterpillar from green milkweed on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 21, 2019  Caterpillar found inside folded leaves of cudweed (Gnaphalium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 11, 2022  White mistflower (Ageratina havanensis, Havana snakeroot) with a caterpillar in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 19, 2008  Banded tussock moth (Halysidota tessellaris) caterpillar with two pairs of long, pencil-like lashes in black and white by the head extend forward on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 19, 2021  Ventral view of Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar (Estigmene acrea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2024  Buckeye caterpillar on purple gerardia (false foxglove, Agalinis purpurea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 9, 2021  Fan-shaped caps bruising black when cut or touched of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021  Seed head of Texas dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, June 15, 2008  Aecial peridium showing the whitish peridial cells and aeciospores of rust fungus Puccinia dioicae under microscope at low magnification, collected from cut-leaved evening primrose in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022  Fluffy head of cattail (Typha) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2022  Fluffy head of cattail (Typha) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2024  Fluffy flower head of false dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020  Flower head of a plant of aster family in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020  Camouflaged green and purple caterpillar on longspike tridens grass (Tridens strictus) on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2020  Seed head of tickseed sunflower (Bidens) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021  Dandelion seed head near Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2008  Fluffy seed head of cattails (Typha) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 17, 2022  Head of praying mantid insect (Stagmomantis sp.) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021  Seed head of cattails (typha) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 22, 2022  Head of cattail (Typha) with fluffy seeds in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2022  Opening spherical seed head of a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009  Seed head of wild carrot (Daucus pusillus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012  Seed head of a plant of aster family in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2022  Close up of a seed head of wild carrot (Daucus pusillus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012  Seed head of common dandelion (Taraxanum officinale) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 23, 2024  Fluffy seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 28, 2024  Fluffy seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2023 |
