Plano Outdoor Learning Center / Bob Woodruff Park / Oak Point Nature Preserve

July 1, 2012

Lark Sparrows (Chondestes grammacus) adult feeding young at Oak Point

Lark Sparrows
Spider wasp (Entypus fulvicornis) with paralyzed prey (wolf spider, Lycosidae). Spider wasp and wolf spider

After circling a few times the wasp began to drag the spider across the path presumably to its burrow.

Spider wasps paralyze a spider as a host for laying their eggs. When they hatch the larva feed on the body of the spider.

Spider wasp with paralyzed prey (wolf spider)
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) recently emerged from its chrysalis Gulf Fritillary
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) Gulf Fritillary
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) Clouded Skipper
Cane Bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis) Cane Bluestem
Cane Bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis) Cane Bluestem
Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox) Swift Setwing
Anglepod (Matelea gonocarpos) Anglepod
The Betrothed (Catocala innubens) The Betrothed
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) Wheel Bug
Bearded Flatsedge (Cyperus squarrosus) Bearded Flatsedge (
Blue Boneset, or Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) Blue Boneset, or Mistflower
Aztec Dancer (Argia nahuana) Aztec Dancer
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) American Rubyspot
Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula) Blue-ringed Dancer
Hall's Panicum (Panicum hallii) Halls Panicum
Little Bluestem (Andropyon scoparias)? Little Bluestem
Yerba de Tajo / False Daisy (Eclipta alba) Yerba de Tajo / False Daisy (Eclipta alba)
 
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