Praying Mantis

Female Praying Manits

Pair of Mating "Walking Sticks"
Males are the small ones (brown one on the right)
(Stick Insects - Commonly called "Walking Sticks")

Walking Stick

Sphinx Moth larvae

A giant Hornet, over 2" long that I wouldn't grab!

Buprestid on Skeleton Plant

Peach or Fig Beetle

Peach or Fig Beetle

Cerambycid (Long-horned Beetle)
Plinthocoelium suaveolens
Thanks to Ed Gage, Mike Quinn, Dennis Paulson and others for expert ID opinion.

Cerambycid (Long-horned Beetle)

Cerambycid - Long Horned Beetle
a small one - about 3/4" body

Cerambycid - Long Horned Beetle - pair copulating
Stenaspis verticalis insignis - Oct. 14, '05 near Utopia
Thanks to Mike Quinn and Doug Yanega for the identification.

This Cerambycid (Long-horned Beetle) on Sept. 9, 2012 was a beauty, and the first of this type I've seen, Tragidion coquus, thanks to Mike Quinn for the ID! It seems this is kind of a mega rary here in Texas. The blind acorn occasionally finds the squirrel.

Acilid - Robber Fly - with green eyes !

Acilid - Robber Fly
(A Texas sized 1.5"+)

Japanese (Asian) Lady Beetles

Mosquito (male) ... (only females bite) (males often feed on plant juices, pollen, nectar)

Super Fly