by C. M. Smith Rich
“El Glorioso” is back!
Many aerial displays on May 20, 2026!
On May 20, 2026, as I was out on a walking survey looking for our “El Guapo,” our Mesoxaea texana, I saw another pair of familiar, large, gorgeous, green eyes buzzing around the Texas Kidneywood. It has been a little over a year—May 17, 2025—since I last saw “El Glorioso.”
Let’s compare and contrast “El Glorioso” on the left and “El Guapo” on the right:
I am hoping to see the female Protoxaea gloriosa on future visits!
Thank you for your visit, and thank you for your time!
- “El Glorioso,” our Protoxaea gloriosa, is back on the South Texas Sand Sheet!
- Lycus fernandezi – a species of net-winged beetle on the South Texas Sand Sheet.
- Night Skies Deep in the Heart of West Texas & the South Texas Sand Sheet
- “El Guapo,” our rare Mesoxaea texana, catching some Z’s on the South Texas Sand Sheet!
- Mesoxaea texana update from the South Texas Sand Sheet, and guess what? The Protoxaea gloriosa are back!!!!!!!
