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3533-05. Fruits (ribbed purple-black berries resembling beetle larvae) on female plants of swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Fruits (purple-black, olive-like drupe) on female plants of swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024  Fruits (purple-black, olive-like berries) of swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata) on black background on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024  Close-up of fruits (purple-black, olive-like berries) of swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024  Female flowers of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Fresh leaves and female flowers of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Green berries of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Black berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020  Blooming eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Blooming eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) in bloom at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Shoot of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Blooming eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 18, 2021  Flowers of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Fall colors of Eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020  Bush of blooming eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Male flowers of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Yellow flowers of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Yellow flowers of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Masses of yellow flowers OF eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata) near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Close up of male flowers of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Leaves of small tree of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Masses of yellow flowers on a bush of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Blooming bush of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020  Green unripe berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020  Berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2012  Berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012  Cluster of berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012  Blue berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2012  Cluster of berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2012  Green berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012  Dark blue berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012  Lichens and green berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012  Green and blue berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012  Various folious lichens on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Cartilage lichen (Ramalina stenospora) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Flowering fringe lichen (Heterodermia echinata) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Smooth axil-bristle lichen (Myelochroa galbina) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Black berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) taken from Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 12, 2013  Close-up of smooth axil-bristle lichen (Myelochroa galbina) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) on a bush of upland swamp-privet at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020  Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Blooming eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) near a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024  Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) together with a parasitic gall-forming lichenicolous fungus Tremella parmeliarum on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Larvae of red-banded fungus beetle (Megalodacne) on a porous tree fungus near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018  Fallen dry leaves and black berries of mustang grape on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022  Brown and greenish galls of lichenicolous fungus Tremella parmeliarum on powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on a bush of upland swamp-privet in semi-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Antlion larvae sand pit traps at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019  A nest of leaf-cutting ants with green and black fruits of evening primrose (Oenothera)(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022  Unripe green and black fruits of evening primrose (Oenothera)(?) collected by leaf-cutting ants at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022  Young plants of borage family on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Plants of hoary bowlesia (Bowlesia incana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Male and female flowers of Cherokee sedge (Carex cherokeensis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Young plants of cucumber weed (Parietaria pensylvanica) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Leaf-cutting (sharp-tailed) cuckoo bee Coelioxys (female) taken from bluestem grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021  Close-up of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Kleptoparasitic leaf-cutting (sharp-tailed) cuckoo bee Coelioxys, female, on bluestem grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021  Purple bindweed (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 14, 2024  Berries of red cedar (juniper) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019  Fallen berries of red cedar at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020  Blue berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 22, 2017  Small reddish plants of spurge (Euphorbia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Jewel beetle (Buprestidae) on flowers of bull nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019  Bristled parachute mushrooms (Marasmius cohaerens) on black background on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024  A swamp at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018  Rainbow scarab beetle (Phanaeus vindex, male, horned) taken from horse dung at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020  Grape like berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) taken from Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 12, 2013  Metallic bronze beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) on Drummond wild onion (Allium drummondii) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019  Fruits of summer spiderlily (Hymenocallis occidentalis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021  Reddish fruits of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 17, 2021  Fruits of balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 28, 2024  Antlion larvae sand pit traps at a shed on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020  Fruits of green passion flower (Passiflora lutea) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021  Underside of chamberbitter plant (Phyllanthus) with tiny fruits at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 3, 2021  Some black moth at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021  Brown ribbed leaves of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022  Decomposing ribbed leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022  Fruits of balsam-apple (Lindheimer s Globeberry, Ibervillea lindheimeri) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 14, 2020  Red fruits of balsam-apple (Lindheimer s Globeberry, Ibervillea lindheimeri) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 4, 2020  Purple bindweed (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 17, 2021  Black hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019  Black aphids on a stalk of lettuce (Lactuca)(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022  Flower of purple bindweed (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 17, 2021  Summer spiderlily (woodland spider-lily, Hymenocallis occidentalis) with fruits at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019  Fruits of summer spiderlily (woodland spider-lily, Hymenocallis occidentalis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019  Fruits of balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) in area of dried marshes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019  Small sedge (Carex) with a red bug with black dots in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Fresh red leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica, black oak group) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Young leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica, black oak group) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021  Close-up of a flower and fruits of stickleaf (blazing star) Mentzelia texana(?) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024  Purple gerardia (false foxglove, Agalinis) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024  Flowers of vetch (Vicia)(?) with a dotted black skipper butterfy (Hesperiidae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Black flower fly (Diptera, Syrphidae) on woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019  Blooning purple gerardia (false foxglove, Agalinis) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024  Black dots of a lichen Buellia or may be Lecidella on sandstone outcrops in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Metallic black flower fly (Diptera, Syrphidae) on woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019 |