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

Sept 22, 2012

Harvestmen (order Opiliones) feeding on tree sap near the creek at Oak Point

Harvestmen
Oleander Aphids (Aphis nerii) feeding on a seed pod of Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) Oleander Aphids

Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis) along Rowlett Creek in Bob Woodruff Park

Cardinalflower
Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis) Campanulaceae Cardinalflower
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) one of two in the meadow at Oak Point Grasshopper Sparrow
Devil's Claw (Proboscidea parviflora) Martyniaceae Devil's Claw
Annual Marshelder, Sumpweed (Iva annua) Asteraceae Annual Marshelder
Common Green Darner (Anax junius) Common Green Darner
Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva) mating pair Desert Firetail
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) male Common Whitetail
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) male Eastern Pondhawk
Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper (Paratettix mexicanus)? (This is a tiny insect, hard to spot). Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper
Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi) Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Scarlet Toothcup (Ammannia coccinea) Lythraceae Scarlet Toothcup
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Poaceae Big Bluestem
red bracket fungus red bracket fungus
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