Plano Outdoor Learning Center / Bob Woodruff Park

Oct 24, 2009

Mist rising from the lake in Oak Point Nature Preserve Oak Point Preserve
Oak Point Nature Preserve Oak Point Nature Preserve
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Blue Heron
 American Coot (Fulica americana) American Coot
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Gulf Fritillary  (Agraulis vanillae) Gulf Fritillary
Gulf Fritillary  (Agraulis vanillae) Gulf Fritillary
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) Variegated Meadowhawk
Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum) Blue-faced Meadowhawk
Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum)

 

Blue-faced Meadowhawk
Dusky Dancer  (Argia translata) female Dusky Dancer
Scorpionfly (Panorpa nuptialis) male Scorpionfly
Scorpionfly (Panorpa nuptialis). The male's abdomen curves upward, just visible here behind the leaf, resembling the tail of a scorpion- but scorpionflies do not sting. Scorpionfly
Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis) Spinybacked Orbweaver
Monarch pupa (Danaus plexippus) Monarch pupa
Yellow Foxtail (Setaria pumila) Yellow Foxtail
Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) Differential Grasshopper
Crab Spider (Misumenops sp.) waiting for a hapless bee or butterfly. Crab Spider
Lunate Zale Moth (Zale lunata) Lunate Zale Moth