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Category: Fauna

Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi)

Texas Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi)

The Fringed Diving Beetle

Rainbow Scarab

Rainbow Scarab or Rhinoceros Dung Beetle

Trapdoor Spider (Ummidia)

Trapdoor Spiders!

Little mouse, big snack!

Little Mouse. Big Snack.

Millipede

The Arthropods are among us…

Texas Tortoise tracks

“Crop circles” at El Mesteño Ranch?

Lil’ Ruddy Brown Photo Blind…

Couch’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii)

Couch’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii)

Mexican narrow-mouthed toad

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  • “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!!!!!!!
  • “Male Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

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