Stationary – DFW Urban Wildlife

Greater Angle-wing Katydid – Animal or Vegetable?

I found this unusual looking insect just off the stoop of my house. So effective is its camouflage that I […]

I found this Barn Spider (possibly a Neoscona crucifera) under the eave of a small building. This spider is an […]

A Common Wood Nymph observed in a field near Lewisville Lake. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about these […]

A large Obscure Bird Grasshopper photographed in The Colony, Texas. Observation Details County – Denton City – The Colony Date […]

A Black and Yellow Garden Spider discovered on a rose bush at Colloway’s Nursey in Richardson, Texas Observation Details County […]

This photograph of a Western Clouded Grasshopper comes to us courtesy of David Mimlitch. Note the insect’s remarkable and effective […]

This grasshopper caused quite a stir when we first tried to identify her. Clearly a bird grasshopper of some kind, […]

Sometimes when I am in the woods I come across strange and unusual things. This observation is a good case […]

A male Common Green Darter at the Bittern Marsh in the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA). Observation Details County […]

A Black and Yellow Garden Spider lording over a recently cached insect. The hapless bug has been envenomated and wrapped […]

We have several varieties of doves here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Two of them are illustrated in this article. […]

This is a Powdered Dancer, a small, light blue damselfly. It was photographed on the Doe Branch Creek floodplain near […]