Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events


TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
[cite:1160153 ]

Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (current lists) per Texas Parks & Wildlife's (TPW) Texas Conservation Action Plan (TCAP)

Note, unless they are federally listed (2016 list), these species have no legal protection.

(Texas Invertebrate SGCN List - 2012 List)

Most of Texas' beetle SGCN (as of 2012) can be seen HERE

Distribution, abundance, taxonomy and life history of south Texas' SGCN beetle species treated in Riley & King (2008-2009).

Studies produced from this funding:

King, J.E. (2015) Beetle biodiversity response to vegetation restoration of mid-valley riparian woodland in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas. Unpublished master's thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station. viii + 218 pp. (1)
Longing, S., S. Discua and J. Cokendolpher. (2014) Surveys and habitat assessment of endemic insects at the Monahans Dune System, Final report prepared for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Texas Tech University, Lubbock. 38 pp. (2)
Riley E.G., King J.E. (2008-2009) Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)
Williams, L.R. et al. (2014) Ecological niche modeling and field surveys for the Kisatchie painted crayfish, Orconectes maleate [sic]. Report to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin. Pgs. 1-10. (4)
https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/tcap/sgcn.phtml