Photos Stellar Butterflies of South Texas LRGV Photographic Butterfly Checklist LRGV Annotated Butterfly Checklist LRGV Butterfly Specialities Checklist LRGV Unique Butterfly Checklist Butterfly Life Cycle and Behavior Selected Moths Other Insects

Other Selected Insects

• Dragonflies

• Damselflies

• Other Insects

Dragonflies - Under Construction

Damselflies

Other Insects

Homoptera: Fulgoridae: Alaruasa lepida - The only U.S. records for this planthopper are from the lower Rio Grande Valley. It's host is unknown. The Fulgoridae is a small family with only about 750 species world wide. Only five or six species occur in Texas.

Poison Ivy-feeding Sawfly - Possibly (Arge humeralis) Hymenoptera larvae that feed on Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Purple Sawfly Larvae "A couple dozen of these beauties systematically skeletonized the leaves of a velvet-leaf mallow (Allowissadula (Wissadula) holosericea)"

Bee on the Wing (gq) - Common insect around butterfly gardens. This one was shot nectaring on a duranta flower.