New Texas Entomology Webpages

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn

• Site Surveys

• Texas
  

Beetles of the South Texas Sand Plains
Highlights of the Rio Grande Valley Entomofauna
Trans-Pecos Beetle Survey - West TX
Red River Beetle Biota - North TX
Travis County Beetle Survey - Annotated List of Travis County Beetles  - Austin, TX
Illustrated Beetle Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Cameron Co., TX - South TX
Beetles of Monahans Sandhills Texas - Sand-loving beetles of west Texas
Invertebrate Survey of Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve - Austin, TX
Cameron County Beetles Described by Charles Schaeffer - South TX

• Not Texas
  

Oklahoma Beetle Biota
Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan
Pontotoc Beetle Survey, Oklahoma
Karl Heinz Stephan Collection - Latimer Co., Oklahoma
Southeast Arizona Beetle Survey
Cerambycidae of the Chiricahua Mountain area, Cochise County, Arizona
Alabama BugGuide Gathering  2012
Iowa BugGuide Gathering 2011 - BugGuide Participant Pix

• Texas Taxonomic Pages
  

• Beetles
  

Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Aderidae) of Texas
Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) of Texas
Firefly Beetles (Lampyridae) of Texas
Blister Beetles (Meloidae) of Texas
Pollinating Beetles of Texas
Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) of Texas
Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) of Texas
Cryptocephalus Species Groups of North America
Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of Texas
Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) of Texas
Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) of Texas
Pachybrachis Beetles (Chrysomelidae) of Texas
False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) of Texas
Fungus Weevils (Anthribidae) of Texas
Weevils of Texas - Curculionoidea

• Non Beetles
  

Reduviidae of Texas
Coreoidea of Texas
Lygaeoidea of Texas
Fulgoroidea of Texas
Membracidae of Texas
Pentatomidae of Texas
Miridae of Texas
17-year Periodical Cicadas in north Texas - 2015

• Miscellaneous

Cactus Moth Spreading on the Upper Texas Coast
Quinn's Working List of Rare Texas Beetles
Important Texas Beetle Resources
Overview of Quinn's Photo Techniques
Texas Beetle Bibliograhy
Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta, Coleoptera (Beetles) - Direct links to all beetle plates
Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera-Homoptera - Hemip Plates
Map of Black Witch Moth Migration by Month
Endangered Species of Texas

• Problem Invertebrates of Texas

  • Bugs - Hemiptera

    • Checklist of U.S. Cotton Stainers

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Curculionidae - Weevils or Snout Beetles

    • Ebony Broad-nosed Weevil - Platyomus flexicaulis 

    • 13-spotted Weevil - Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus

    • Giant Palmetto Weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatus 

    • Leaf-rolling Weevil - Homoeolabus analis 

    • Milkweed Stem Weevil - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
      

    • Citrus Root Weevil - Diaprepes abbreviatus

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Anobiidae - Death Watch and Spider Beetles

    • Trichodesma sordida Horn

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles

    • Rotund Hyperaspis Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis rotunda

    • Lady Beetles of Texas - Family Coccinellidae

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Carabidae - Ground Beetles

    • Blackened False Bombardier Beetle - Galerita aequinoctialis

    • Oblong-punctate Agra Carabid - Agra oblongopunctata

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Elateridae - Click Beetles

    • Red-shouldered August Elaterid - Anchastus augusti

    • Rain Click Beetle - Scaptolenus sp. 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Buprestidae - Metallic Wood Boring Beetles

    • Soapberry Borer - Agrilus prionurus 

    • Buprestidae of Texas with Notes on Texas Types - TIARA, Nelson et al. 2008

    • Red-legged Buprestis - Buprestis rufipes

    • Redbud Borer - Ptosima gibbicollis 

    • Gold-pitted Borer - Chrysobothris sp.

    • Drummond's Blue-footed Bup - Lampetis drummondi

    • Yellow-margined Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera flavomarginata

    • Ladder-like Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera scalaris

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Meloidae - Blister Beetles

    • Large Eared Blister Beetle - Cissites auriculata

    • Yellow-crescent Blister Beetle - Pyrota insulata

    • Cleft-headed Blister Beetle - Eupompha fissiceps

    • Master Blister Beetle - Lytta magister

    • Black Bladder-bodied Meloid - Cysteodemus wislizeni 

    • Charlie Brown Blister Beetle - Pyrota palpalis

    • Red-margined Blister Beetle - Pyrota tenuicostatis 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Passalidae - Bess Beetles

    • Horned Passalus - Odontotaenius disjunctus

• Texas Diurnal Moths

  • Lydia Tiger Moth - Phoenicoprocta lydia

  • Vulcan Tiger Moth - Eurata vulcanus

  • Polka-dot Wasp Moth - Syntomeida epilais

  • Pseudophaloe veranioides 

  • Gnophaela aequinoctialis 

  • Faithful Beauty - Composia fidelissima

  • Orange Satyr-Moth - Heterusia atalantata 

  • Eight-spotted Forester - Alypia octomaculata 

  • Mariamne's Giant Flag Moth - Dysschema mariamne

  • Northern Giant Flag Moth - Dysschema howardi

  • Chinati Sheepmoth - Hemileuca chinatiensis 

  • Princely Tiger Moth - Chrysocale principalis 

  • Black-banded Wasp Moth - Syntomeida melanthus 

  • Two-spotted Forester - Alypiodes bimaculata

  • Brilliant Forester Moth - Eupseudomorpha brillians 

  • Grapevine Epimenis - Psychomorpha epimenis 

  • Crimson-bodied Lichen-Moth - Lerina incarnata 

  • Decorated Beauty - Anaxita decorata

  • Saucy Beauty - Phaloesia saucia  

  • Mexican Blue-tailed Fly - Pseudosphex leovazquezae

  • Southern Cyan Tiger Moth - Macrocneme chrysitis

  • Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth - Lycomorpha pholus

  • Veined Ctenucha - Ctenucha venosa 

  • Texas Buckmoth - Hemileuca peigleri 

  • Milkweed Tiger Moth - Euchaetes egle 

  • Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth - Cosmosoma myrodora

  • White-tipped Black - Melanchroia chephise

• Katydids of Texas

  • Broad-tipped Conehead - Neoconocephalus triops

  • Red-eyed Devil - Neobarrettia spinosa

  • Central Texas Leaf Katydid - Paracyrtophyllus robustus

  • Greater Anglewing Katydid - Microcentrum rhombifolium 

• Texas Entomological Checklists

  • Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada - Jonathan Pelham

• Cicada Checklist of Texas

• Giant Cicada / Chicharra Grande - Quesada gigas

• Central Texas Cicada Photos and Info

• Texas Entomological Checklists

  • Historical Lists & Information

    • New USA (or Texas) Butterfly Records from the Rio Grande Valley

Photos and discussion of massive spider web east of Dallas, Texas

• Some "Problem" Invertebrates of Texas

  • Silver Garden Spider - Argiope argentata 

  • Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata 

  • Yellow Garden Spider - Argiope aurantia

  • Spiny-backed Orbweaver - Gasteracantha cancriformis

  • Southeastern Social Cobweb Spider - Anelosimus studiosus

  • Centipedes of Texas - Order Scolopendromorpha

  • Soil Centipede - Order Geophilomorpha

  • Curve-faced Solifugid - Family Ammotrechidae

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Texas Fall 2007 Monarch Flyway Analysis

  • Texas Fall Monarch Migration Map with Peak Dates

  • BugGuide Photos of Insects with Pollinaria

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Carabidae - Ground Beetles

    • Cajun Tiger Beetle - Cicindela (Dromochorus) pilatei

    • South Texas Giant Tiger Beetle - Amblycheila hoversoni

    • Pedunculate Ground Beetle - Pasimachus sp.

    • Long-necked Ground Beetle - Colliuris pensylvanica

    • Fiery Searcher - Calosoma scrutator  

    • Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

    • Padre Island Tibial Scarab Anomala tibialis 

    • Malagoniella astyanax yucateca 

    • Deltochilum scabriusculum

    • South Texas Coastal Cotinis - Cotinis boylei

    • Obituary and Dedication. Karl Heinz Stephan 1931-2005.

    • Common Flower Scarab - Euphoria kerni

    • Blue Emerald Euphoria - Euphoria fulgida fuscocyanea 

    • Bumble Flower Beetle - Euphoria inda

    • Canthon imitator

    • Lined June Beetle - Polyphylla hammondi complex

    • Green June Beetle - Cotinis nitida

    • Black Texas Phanaeus - Phanaeus triangularis texensis

    • Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa

    • Texas Hairy Flower Beetle - Trichiotinus texanus

    • Beyer's Scarab - Chrysina beyeri

    • Punctate Little Bear - Paracotalpa puncticollis - (Not present in Texas)

    • Grant's Hercules Beetle - Dynastes granti

    • Bee-like Flower Scarab - Trichiotinus piger

    • Delta Flower Scarab - Trigonopeltastes delta

    • Ox Beetle - Strategus aloeus

    • Eastern Hercules Beetle - Dynastes tityus

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Longhorn Beetles - Cerambycidae

    • Agallissus lepturoides

    • Triple-banded Bycid - Sphaenothecus trilineatus 

    • Rustic Borer - Xylotrechus colonus

    • Linsley's Purplescent Longhorn - Purpuricenus linsleyi

    • Firefly-mimicking Longhorn - Mecas rotundicollis

    • Gigas Longhorn Beetle - Stenelytrana gigas

    • Palmetto Longhorn - Osmopleura chamaeropis - New State Record

    • Fire-necked Batyle Beetle - Batyle ignicollis ignicollis 

    • Texas Crescent Longhorn Beetle - Typocerus lunulatus texanus

    • Zebra Longhorn Beetle - Typocerus zebra 

    • Grey-winged Neclytus - Neoclytus scutellaris

    • Oculated Tylosis - Tylosis oculatus

    • Cottonwood Borer - Plectrodera scalator

    • Hovore's Neck-Lined Bycid - Parevander hovorei

    • Robust Oak Borer - Enaphalodes atomarius

    • Banded Enaphalodes - Enaphalodes taeniatus 

    • Strange Virile Bycid - Strangalia virilis

    • Solitary Black Bycid - Stenaspis solitaria

    • Banded Hickory Borer - Knulliana cincta

    • Wrinkle-necked Rhopalo - Rhopalophora rugicollis 

    • Tiny Ant-mimicking Bycid - Euderces reichei 

    • Mecas pergrata

    • Spotted Apple Tree Borer - Saperda cretata Newman

    • Longhorn Beetles of Texas

    • Huisache Girdler - Oncideres pustulata

    • Mesquite Girdler - Oncideres rhodosticta

    • Stenaspis verticalis insignis

    • Mesquite Borer - Placosternus difficilis

    • Mannophorus laetus

    • Long-jawed Longhorn - Trachyderes mandibularis

    • Lissonotus flavocinctus puncticollis

    • Eburia haldemani

    • Bumelia Borers- Plinthocoelium spp.

    • Two-banded Longhorn Beetle - Sphaenothecus bivittata

    • Spotted Cactus Longhorn Beetle - Moneilema blapsides ulkei  

    • Vogt's Neoclytus Longhorn - Neoclytus mucronatus vogti

    • Crossidius sp.

    • Rio Grande Valley Cerambycidae

    • Red Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

    • Eastern Bumelia Borer - Plinthocoelium suaveolens suaveolens

    • Woodbine Borer - Saperda puncticollis

    • Red-femored Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes femoratus 

    • Stenosphenus dolosus

    • North American Tetraopes spp. 

    • Blackened Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes melanurus

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Cleridae - Checkered Beetles

    • 4-spotted Checkered Beetle - Pelonides quadripunctatus 

    • Orange-banded Clerid - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

    • Hairy Checkered Beetle - Chariessa pilosa

• Manfreda Giant-Skipper (Stallingsia maculosus)  

• Tula, Mexico - Greatest example that butterflies mean different things to different cultures...

• Chlosyne eumeda - Medial Patch - Starr County - 1974

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Leaf Beetles - Chrysomelidae

    • Thin-lined Passionvine Beetle - Disonycha stenosticha 

    • Haldeman's Green Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa haldemani

    • Twin-shielded Leaf Beetle - Paranapiacaba connexa

    • Half-famous Leaf Beetle - Megalostomis dimidiata 

    • Common Willow Calligrapha - Calligrapha multipunctata

    • Sunflower Beetle - Zygogramma exclamationis

    • Milkweed Leaf Beetle - Labidomera clivicollis

    • Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana 

    • Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle - Physonota alutacea  

    • Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella sexpunctata

    • Pigweed Flea Beetle - Disonycha glabrata

    • Pleasing Flea Beetle - Kuschelina laeta

    • Eight-spotted Flea Beetle - Omophoita cyanipennis octomaculata

    • Ebony Bruchid - Merobruchus major

    • Saxinis sp.

    • Urodera crucifera texana 

    • Pteleon brevicornis

    • Banded Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica balteata

    • Festive Diabrotica - Diabrotica tibialis

    • Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi 

    • Northern Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica barberi

    • Shining Flea Beetle - Asphaera lustrans

    • Blue Milkweed Beetle - Chrysochus cobaltinus 

    • False Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa texana 

    • Dogbane Leaf Beetle - Chrysochus auratus

    • False Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa juncta

    • Bassareus mammifer

    • Eggplant Tortoise Beetle - Gratiana pallidula

    • Camphorweed Chrysomelid - Zygogramma heterothecae

    • Six-spotted Neolema - Neolema sexpunctata 

    • Ragweed Leaf Beetle - Zygogramma suturalis 

    • Coleothorpa dominicana

    • Pine Chrysomelid - Glyptoscelis pubescens 

    • Brown-headed Flea Beetle - Systena hudsonias

    • Basswood Leaf Miner - Baliosus nervosus

    • Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma vittatum

    • Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota scapularis

    • Knab's Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela knabi

    • Bronze-winged Coscinop - Coscinoptera aeneipennis

    • Northern Plantain Flea Beetle - Dibolia borealis

    • Tropical Milkweed Leaf Beetle - Labidomera suturella 

    • Southern Two-spined Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus australobispinus

    • Downie's Spotted Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus downiei 

    • Blue-banded Lema Leaf Beetle - Lema solani 

    • Bean Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata

    • Vians Flea Beetle - Kuschelina vians

    • Spotted-thoracic Flea Beetle - Kuschelina thoracica 

    • Cottonwood Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela scripta

    • Red-marked Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus notatus

    • Four-spotted Babia Leaf Beetle - Babia quadriguttata

• Texas Entomological Bibliography

  • Early Entomological Books

  • Early North American Butterfly Books

• Butterfly & Moth Checklists by Region

  • Field Checklist of the Butterflies of Northeast Mexico - Mike Overton

    • NE Mexico Butterfly Trip List - Oct. 2006 - Mike Overton

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Comparative Beetle, Botany and Bird Diversity of Texas and North America

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Lycidae - Net-winged Beetles

    • Fernandez's Net-wing Beetle - Lycus fernandezi 

    • Banded Net-wing Beetle - Calopteron reticulatum 

• American Snout - Media Reports

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Melyridae - Soft-winged Flower Beetles

    • Two-spotted Melyrid - Collops bipunctatus

    • Black-headed Melyrid - Collops nigriceps 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Lucanidae - Stag Beetles

    • Giant Stag Beetle - Lucanus elaphus

• Texas Beetle Information
  • Erotylidae - Pleasing Fungus Beetles
    
    • Humpty Dumpty Erotylidae - Gibbifer californicus (not present in Texas)
    • Red-banded Fungus Beetle - Megalodacne fasciata 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

    • Carved Darkling Beetle - Glyptasida sp.

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Cantharidae - Soldier Family

    • Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus sp.

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Glowworm Family Phengodidae - Phengodes sp.

• Texas Entomology

  • TX-Ento Listserv

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Snouts

      • American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)

        • Snout Migration Ecology

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Selected Moths

      • Family Uraniidae

        • Urania Moth (Urania fulgens)

        • US Records of Urania fulgens

        • Urania Moth (Urania fulgens) - mass laying of fertile eggs

        • Urania Moth (Urania boisduvalii)

• Latin American Butterfly Field Guides

  • Central America

    • Biologia Centrali Americana: Plates and Associated Binomials

• Black Witch Moths

  • Early Northern BWM Records

  • BWMs Associated the Eyes of Tropical Storms

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Ak Grasshopper (Poekilocerus pictus)

• Black Witch Moth

  • Early Northern Records

• Problem Invertebrates of Texas

  • Bees

    • Honey Bee Swarm

• Texas Dragonfly Information

  • Events

    • Dragonfly Days 2005 - Olmito

    • Dragonfly Days 2005 - Rio Grande

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Swallowtails

      • Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

    • Megasoma vogti Cartwright

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Other Insects

      • Poison Ivy-feeding Sawfly - Possibly (Arge humeralis)

      • Purple Sawfly Larvae

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

    • Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus haldemani)

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

    • Harlequin Flower Beetle (Gymnetis caseyi)

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Milkweed Information 

    • Milkweeds of Texas

• NABA-South Texas

  • Mexico Information

    • La Estanzuela Parque Natural

• Maps of Texas and Beyond

  • Texas Weather

    • Palmer Drought Severity Index for South Texas, 1895-2005

    • Palmer Drought Severity Index for Southeastern Arizona, 1895-2005

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Fall Monarch Migration

• Insect Collecting Information

  • The Famous ASCII Pit-Fall Trap, Pooter and Black Light Setup

• Migratory Insects of North America

  • Owl Moth (Thysania zenobia) - updated

    • Map of Owl Moth State Records

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Checklists

    • Beetles of the Rio Grande Valley, Cameron Co., TX

• Black Witch Moth - Natural and Cultural History

  • Map of Black Witch Moth State Records - New

  • By Year // By Date // By TX County - Updated

  • Discussion of State Records - Updated

• Texas Butterfly Checklists

  • Travis County Butterfly Checklist

    • Austin Butterfly Phenology

• Texas Dragonfly Information

  • Events

    • Dragonfly Days 2004 - Photos

• Texas Entomology

  • Texas Monarch Watch - Updated

• Texas Entomology

  • Maps of Texas and Beyond - Updated

• NABA-South Texas

  • Weather Links

    • White Christmas in South Texas!

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Travel

    • A TOUR TO THE MONARCH OVERWINTERING SANCTUARIES IN MEXICO

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Reserve

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Heliconians and Fritillaries

      • Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonius) - Map of 2004 County Records

• Texas Insect Photos, Videos & Sounds

  • Entomologists I've Known 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

    • Phanaeus adonis - First U.S. Record

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Swallowtails

      • Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas) - Tamaulipas record

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Actions and Perspectives in the Monarch Region

    • Text - Monarch Watch

  • Francisco Serrato Indigenous Community

  • ALTERNARE

  • Sierra Chincua Monarch Butterfly Reserve

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Mexico - rearranged & augmented

• Maps of Texas and Beyond

  • Abiotic

    • Aerial Photograph of Southwestern Hidalgo County

• Texas Butterfly Checklists by Region

  • Historical Lists & Information

    • Hugh Avery Freeman on Collecting in the LRGV

    • New Skipper Records for the United States - H.A. Freeman - 1947

• Texas Entomology

  • Databases & Search Engines

• NABA-South Texas 

  • Recent Rio Grande Rarities

    • New U.S. Butterflies Records - Fall 2004 - Why?