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Important Texas Beetle Links

Longhorn Beetles of Texas - Family Cerambycidae - Thumbnail pix for over half of the TX spp.

Beetles of Monahans Sandhills Texas - Sand-loving beetles of west Texas
Citrus Root Weevil - Diaprepes abbreviatus
Austin Insect Class
Beetle & Bug Blog
Cryptocephalus Species Groups of North America
Cameron County Beetles Described by Charles Schaeffer
Various Texas Beetle Photographic Surveys - Photos by Mike Quinn, Dets. by Ed Riley
Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) of Texas - Photos by Mike Quinn, Dets. by Ed Riley
Beetles of the RGV, A Photographic Checklist - Photos by Mike Quinn, Dets. by Ed Riley
Important Cameron County, Texas Beetle Type Localities

• Problem Invertebrates of Texas

  • Bugs - Hemiptera

    • Checklist of U.S. Cotton Stainers

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Curculionidae - Weevils or Snout Beetles

    • Ebony Broad-nosed Weevil - Platyomus flexicaulis 

    • 13-spotted Weevil - Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus

    • Giant Palmetto Weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatus 

    • Leaf-rolling Weevil - Homoeolabus analis 

    • Milkweed Stem Weevil - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Anobiidae - Death Watch and Spider Beetles

    • Trichodesma sordida Horn

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles

    • Rotund Hyperaspis Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis rotunda

    • Lady Beetles of Texas - Family Coccinellidae

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Carabidae - Ground Beetles

    • Blackened False Bombardier Beetle - Galerita aequinoctialis

    • Oblong-punctate Agra Carabid - Agra oblongopunctata

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Elateridae - Click Beetles

    • Red-shouldered August Elaterid - Anchastus augusti

    • Rain Click Beetle - Scaptolenus sp. 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Buprestidae - Metallic Wood Boring Beetles

    • Soapberry Borer - Agrilus prionurus 

    • Buprestidae of Texas with Notes on Texas Types - TIARA, Nelson et al. 2008

    • Red-legged Buprestis - Buprestis rufipes

    • Redbud Borer - Ptosima gibbicollis 

    • Gold-pitted Borer - Chrysobothris sp.

    • Drummond's Blue-footed Bup - Lampetis drummondi

    • Yellow-margined Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera flavomarginata

    • Ladder-like Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera scalaris

• Texas Beetle Information  

  • Checklists

    • Beetles of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Texas

• Quinn's Backyard Bugs

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Meloidae - Blister Beetles

    • Large Eared Blister Beetle - Cissites auriculata

    • Yellow-crescent Blister Beetle - Pyrota insulata

    • Cleft-headed Blister Beetle - Eupompha fissiceps

    • Master Blister Beetle - Lytta magister

    • Black Bladder-bodied Meloid - Cysteodemus wislizeni 

    • Charlie Brown Blister Beetle - Pyrota palpalis

    • Red-margined Blister Beetle - Pyrota tenuicostatis 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Passalidae - Bess Beetles

    • Horned Passalus - Odontotaenius disjunctus

• Texas Diurnal Moths

  • Lydia Tiger Moth - Phoenicoprocta lydia

  • Vulcan Tiger Moth - Eurata vulcanus

  • Polka-dot Wasp Moth - Syntomeida epilais

  • Pseudophaloe veranioides 

  • Gnophaela aequinoctialis 

  • Faithful Beauty - Composia fidelissima

  • Orange Satyr-Moth - Heterusia atalantata 

  • Eight-spotted Forester - Alypia octomaculata 

  • Mariamne's Giant Flag Moth - Dysschema mariamne

  • Northern Giant Flag Moth - Dysschema howardi

  • Chinati Sheepmoth - Hemileuca chinatiensis 

  • Princely Tiger Moth - Chrysocale principalis 

  • Black-banded Wasp Moth - Syntomeida melanthus 

  • Two-spotted Forester - Alypiodes bimaculata

  • Brilliant Forester Moth - Eupseudomorpha brillians 

  • Grapevine Epimenis - Psychomorpha epimenis 

  • Crimson-bodied Lichen-Moth - Lerina incarnata 

  • Decorated Beauty - Anaxita decorata

  • Saucy Beauty - Phaloesia saucia  

  • Mexican Blue-tailed Fly - Pseudosphex leovazquezae

  • Southern Cyan Tiger Moth - Macrocneme chrysitis

  • Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth - Lycomorpha pholus

  • Veined Ctenucha - Ctenucha venosa 

  • Texas Buckmoth - Hemileuca peigleri 

  • Milkweed Tiger Moth - Euchaetes egle 

  • Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth - Cosmosoma myrodora

  • White-tipped Black - Melanchroia chephise

• Katydids of Texas

  • Broad-tipped Conehead - Neoconocephalus triops

  • Red-eyed Devil - Neobarrettia spinosa

  • Central Texas Leaf Katydid - Paracyrtophyllus robustus

  • Greater Anglewing Katydid - Microcentrum rhombifolium 

• Texas Entomological Checklists

  • Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada - Jonathan Pelham

• Cicada Checklist of Texas

• Giant Cicada / Chicharra Grande - Quesada gigas

• Central Texas Cicada Photos and Info

• Texas Entomological Checklists

  • Historical Lists & Information

    • New USA (or Texas) Butterfly Records from the Rio Grande Valley

Photos and discussion of massive spider web east of Dallas, Texas

• Some "Problem" Invertebrates of Texas

  • Silver Garden Spider - Argiope argentata 

  • Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata 

  • Yellow Garden Spider - Argiope aurantia

  • Spiny-backed Orbweaver - Gasteracantha cancriformis

  • Southeastern Social Cobweb Spider - Anelosimus studiosus

  • Centipedes of Texas - Order Scolopendromorpha

  • Soil Centipede - Order Geophilomorpha

  • Curve-faced Solifugid - Family Ammotrechidae

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Texas Fall 2007 Monarch Flyway Analysis

  • Texas Fall Monarch Migration Map with Peak Dates

  • BugGuide Photos of Insects with Pollinaria

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Carabidae - Ground Beetles

    • Cajun Tiger Beetle - Cicindela (Dromochorus) pilatei

    • South Texas Giant Tiger Beetle - Amblycheila hoversoni

    • Pedunculate Ground Beetle - Pasimachus sp.

    • Long-necked Ground Beetle - Colliuris pensylvanica

    • Fiery Searcher - Calosoma scrutator  

    • Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

    • Padre Island Tibial Scarab Anomala tibialis 

    • Malagoniella astyanax yucateca 

    • Deltochilum scabriusculum

    • South Texas Coastal Cotinis - Cotinis boylei

    • Obituary and Dedication. Karl Heinz Stephan 1931-2005.

    • Common Flower Scarab - Euphoria kerni

    • Blue Emerald Euphoria - Euphoria fulgida fuscocyanea 

    • Bumble Flower Beetle - Euphoria inda

    • Canthon imitator

    • Lined June Beetle - Polyphylla hammondi complex

    • Green June Beetle - Cotinis nitida

    • Black Texas Phanaeus - Phanaeus triangularis texensis

    • Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa

    • Texas Hairy Flower Beetle - Trichiotinus texanus

    • Beyer's Scarab - Chrysina beyeri

    • Punctate Little Bear - Paracotalpa puncticollis - (Not present in Texas)

    • Grant's Hercules Beetle - Dynastes granti

    • Bee-like Flower Scarab - Trichiotinus piger

    • Delta Flower Scarab - Trigonopeltastes delta

    • Ox Beetle - Strategus aloeus

    • Eastern Hercules Beetle - Dynastes tityus

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Longhorn Beetles - Cerambycidae

    • Agallissus lepturoides

    • Triple-banded Bycid - Sphaenothecus trilineatus 

    • Rustic Borer - Xylotrechus colonus

    • Linsley's Purplescent Longhorn - Purpuricenus linsleyi

    • Firefly-mimicking Longhorn - Mecas rotundicollis

    • Gigas Longhorn Beetle - Stenelytrana gigas

    • Palmetto Longhorn - Osmopleura chamaeropis - New State Record

    • Fire-necked Batyle Beetle - Batyle ignicollis ignicollis 

    • Texas Crescent Longhorn Beetle - Typocerus lunulatus texanus

    • Zebra Longhorn Beetle - Typocerus zebra 

    • Grey-winged Neclytus - Neoclytus scutellaris

    • Oculated Tylosis - Tylosis oculatus

    • Cottonwood Borer - Plectrodera scalator

    • Hovore's Neck-Lined Bycid - Parevander hovorei

    • Robust Oak Borer - Enaphalodes atomarius

    • Banded Enaphalodes - Enaphalodes taeniatus 

    • Strange Virile Bycid - Strangalia virilis

    • Solitary Black Bycid - Stenaspis solitaria

    • Banded Hickory Borer - Knulliana cincta

    • Wrinkle-necked Rhopalo - Rhopalophora rugicollis 

    • Tiny Ant-mimicking Bycid - Euderces reichei 

    • Mecas pergrata

    • Spotted Apple Tree Borer - Saperda cretata Newman

    • Longhorn Beetles of Texas

    • Huisache Girdler - Oncideres pustulata

    • Mesquite Girdler - Oncideres rhodosticta

    • Stenaspis verticalis insignis

    • Mesquite Borer - Placosternus difficilis

    • Mannophorus laetus

    • Long-jawed Longhorn - Trachyderes mandibularis

    • Lissonotus flavocinctus puncticollis

    • Eburia haldemani

    • Bumelia Borers- Plinthocoelium spp.

    • Two-banded Longhorn Beetle - Sphaenothecus bivittata

    • Spotted Cactus Longhorn Beetle - Moneilema blapsides ulkei  

    • Vogt's Neoclytus Longhorn - Neoclytus mucronatus vogti

    • Crossidius sp.

    • Rio Grande Valley Cerambycidae

    • Red Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

    • Eastern Bumelia Borer - Plinthocoelium suaveolens suaveolens

    • Woodbine Borer - Saperda puncticollis

    • Red-femored Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes femoratus 

    • Stenosphenus dolosus

    • North American Tetraopes spp. 

    • Blackened Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes melanurus

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Cleridae - Checkered Beetles

    • 4-spotted Checkered Beetle - Pelonides quadripunctatus 

    • Orange-banded Clerid - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

    • Hairy Checkered Beetle - Chariessa pilosa

• Manfreda Giant-Skipper (Stallingsia maculosus)  

• Tula, Mexico - Greatest example that butterflies mean different things to different cultures...

• Chlosyne eumeda - Medial Patch - Starr County - 1974

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Leaf Beetles - Chrysomelidae

    • Thin-lined Passionvine Beetle - Disonycha stenosticha 

    • Haldeman's Green Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa haldemani

    • Twin-shielded Leaf Beetle - Paranapiacaba connexa

    • Half-famous Leaf Beetle - Megalostomis dimidiata 

    • Common Willow Calligrapha - Calligrapha multipunctata

    • Sunflower Beetle - Zygogramma exclamationis

    • Milkweed Leaf Beetle - Labidomera clivicollis

    • Anacua Tortoise Beetle - Coptocycla texana 

    • Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle - Physonota alutacea  

    • Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella sexpunctata

    • Pigweed Flea Beetle - Disonycha glabrata

    • Pleasing Flea Beetle - Kuschelina laeta

    • Eight-spotted Flea Beetle - Omophoita cyanipennis octomaculata

    • Ebony Bruchid - Merobruchus major

    • Saxinis sp.

    • Urodera crucifera texana 

    • Pteleon brevicornis

    • Banded Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica balteata

    • Festive Diabrotica - Diabrotica tibialis

    • Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi 

    • Northern Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica barberi

    • Shining Flea Beetle - Asphaera lustrans

    • Blue Milkweed Beetle - Chrysochus cobaltinus 

    • False Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa texana 

    • Dogbane Leaf Beetle - Chrysochus auratus

    • False Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa juncta

    • Bassareus mammifer

    • Eggplant Tortoise Beetle - Gratiana pallidula

    • Camphorweed Chrysomelid - Zygogramma heterothecae

    • Six-spotted Neolema - Neolema sexpunctata 

    • Ragweed Leaf Beetle - Zygogramma suturalis 

    • Coleothorpa dominicana

    • Pine Chrysomelid - Glyptoscelis pubescens 

    • Brown-headed Flea Beetle - Systena hudsonias

    • Basswood Leaf Miner - Baliosus nervosus

    • Striped Cucumber Beetle - Acalymma vittatum

    • Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota scapularis

    • Knab's Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela knabi

    • Bronze-winged Coscinop - Coscinoptera aeneipennis

    • Northern Plantain Flea Beetle - Dibolia borealis

    • Tropical Milkweed Leaf Beetle - Labidomera suturella 

    • Southern Two-spined Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus australobispinus

    • Downie's Spotted Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus downiei 

    • Blue-banded Lema Leaf Beetle - Lema solani 

    • Bean Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata

    • Vians Flea Beetle - Kuschelina vians

    • Spotted-thoracic Flea Beetle - Kuschelina thoracica 

    • Cottonwood Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela scripta

    • Red-marked Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus notatus

    • Four-spotted Babia Leaf Beetle - Babia quadriguttata

• Texas Entomological Bibliography

  • Early Entomological Books

  • Early North American Butterfly Books

• Butterfly & Moth Checklists by Region

  • Field Checklist of the Butterflies of Northeast Mexico - Mike Overton

    • NE Mexico Butterfly Trip List - Oct. 2006 - Mike Overton

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Comparative Beetle, Botany and Bird Diversity of Texas and North America

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Lycidae - Net-winged Beetles

    • Fernandez's Net-wing Beetle - Lycus fernandezi 

    • Banded Net-wing Beetle - Calopteron reticulatum 

• American Snout - Media Reports

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Melyridae - Soft-winged Flower Beetles

    • Two-spotted Melyrid - Collops bipunctatus

    • Black-headed Melyrid - Collops nigriceps 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Lucanidae - Stag Beetles

    • Giant Stag Beetle - Lucanus elaphus

• Texas Beetle Information
  • Erotylidae - Pleasing Fungus Beetles
    • Red-spotted Fungus Beetle - Megalodacne heros
    • Humpty Dumpty Erotylidae - Gibbifer californicus (not present in Texas)
    • Red-banded Fungus Beetle - Megalodacne fasciata 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

    • Carved Darkling Beetle - Glyptasida sp.

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Cantharidae - Soldier Family

    • Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus sp.

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Glowworm Family Phengodidae - Phengodes sp.

• Texas Entomology

  • TX-Ento Listserv

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Snouts

      • American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)

        • Snout Migration Ecology

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Selected Moths

      • Family Uraniidae

        • Urania Moth (Urania fulgens)

        • US Records of Urania fulgens

        • Urania Moth (Urania fulgens) - mass laying of fertile eggs

        • Urania Moth (Urania boisduvalii)

• Latin American Butterfly Field Guides

  • Central America

    • Biologia Centrali Americana: Plates and Associated Binomials

• Black Witch Moths

  • Early Northern BWM Records

  • BWMs Associated the Eyes of Tropical Storms

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Ak Grasshopper (Poekilocerus pictus)

• Black Witch Moth

  • Early Northern Records

• Problem Invertebrates of Texas

  • Bees

    • Honey Bee Swarm

• Texas Dragonfly Information

  • Events

    • Dragonfly Days 2005 - Olmito

    • Dragonfly Days 2005 - Rio Grande

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Swallowtails

      • Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

    • Megasoma vogti Cartwright

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Other Insects

      • Poison Ivy-feeding Sawfly - Possibly (Arge humeralis)

      • Purple Sawfly Larvae

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

    • Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus haldemani)

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

    • Harlequin Flower Beetle (Gymnetis caseyi)

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Milkweed Information 

    • Milkweeds of Texas

• NABA-South Texas

  • Mexico Information

    • La Estanzuela Parque Natural

• Maps of Texas and Beyond

  • Texas Weather

    • Palmer Drought Severity Index for South Texas, 1895-2005

    • Palmer Drought Severity Index for Southeastern Arizona, 1895-2005

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Fall Monarch Migration

• Insect Collecting Information

  • The Famous ASCII Pit-Fall Trap, Pooter and Black Light Setup

• Migratory Insects of North America

  • Owl Moth (Thysania zenobia) - updated

    • Map of Owl Moth State Records

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Checklists

    • Beetles of the Rio Grande Valley, Cameron Co., TX

• Black Witch Moth - Natural and Cultural History

  • Map of Black Witch Moth State Records - New

  • By Year // By Date // By TX County - Updated

  • Discussion of State Records - Updated

• Texas Butterfly Checklists

  • Travis County Butterfly Checklist

    • Austin Butterfly Phenology

• Texas Dragonfly Information

  • Events

    • Dragonfly Days 2004 - Photos

• Texas Entomology

  • Texas Monarch Watch - Updated

• Texas Entomology

  • Maps of Texas and Beyond - Updated

• NABA-South Texas

  • Weather Links

    • White Christmas in South Texas!

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Travel

    • A TOUR TO THE MONARCH OVERWINTERING SANCTUARIES IN MEXICO

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Reserve

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Heliconians and Fritillaries

      • Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonius) - Map of 2004 County Records

• Texas Insect Photos, Videos & Sounds

  • Entomologists I've Known 

• Texas Beetle Information

  • Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

    • Phanaeus adonis - First U.S. Record

• NABA-South Texas

  • South Texas Butterfly Pictures and Profiles

    • Swallowtails

      • Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas) - Tamaulipas record

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Actions and Perspectives in the Monarch Region

    • Text - Monarch Watch

  • Francisco Serrato Indigenous Community

  • ALTERNARE

  • Sierra Chincua Monarch Butterfly Reserve

• Texas Monarch Watch

  • Mexico - rearranged & augmented

• Maps of Texas and Beyond

  • Abiotic

    • Aerial Photograph of Southwestern Hidalgo County

• Texas Butterfly Checklists by Region

  • Historical Lists & Information

    • Hugh Avery Freeman on Collecting in the LRGV

    • New Skipper Records for the United States - H.A. Freeman - 1947

• Texas Entomology

  • Databases & Search Engines

• NABA-South Texas 

  • Recent Rio Grande Rarities

    • New U.S. Butterflies Records - Fall 2004 - Why?