New Territory Animals

The Animals of New Territory, Sugar Land, Texas
Fish and Wildlife Management Conservation Project
by Timmy Szpakowski
photographs by Jim Szpakowski

Phylum	Class	Grouping	Species * indicates poisonous	Origin	Info	Picture
Arthropoda	Crustacean		Crayfish	native	info	picture, hole
	Insect	Wasp	Great Golden Digger	introduced	info	picture, nest
			Potter	native	info	picture, nest
			*Paper	native	info	picture, nest
			Black and Yellow Mud Dauber	native	info	picture, nest
			Yellow Jacket	native	info	picture, nest
			Cicada Killer	??	info	picture
			Oak Apple Gall	native	info	picture, nest
			Mealy Oak Gall	native	info	picture, nest
		Bee	Honeybee	native	info	picture, swarm
			Bumblebee	native	info	picture
			Carpenter	native	info	picture
		Ants	*Fire	invasive	info	picture
			Carpenter	native	info	picture
			Field	native	info	picture
			Texas Leaf Cutter	native	info	picture
		Dragon Flies	Green Darner	native	info	picture
		Butterfly	Monarch (Texas State Insect)	native	info	picture
		Mosquito	American	native	info	picture
		Mosquito	Asian Tiger	invasive	info	picture
			Housefly	native	info	picture
			Crane Fly	native	info	picture
			Giant Bark Aphids	native	info	picture
			?? Sphinx Moth	??	info	picture
			?? Moth	??	info	picture
			American Cockroach	native	info	picture
			Silverfish	native	info	picture
			Field Cricket	native	info	picture
			Termite	native	info	picture
			Centipede	??	info	picture
			Millipede	??	info	picture
			Katydid	??	info	picture
			Stink Bug (Brochymena)	??	info	picture
			Cotton Boll Weevil	??	info	picture
			June Bug	??	info	picture
			Leaffooted Bug	??	info	picture
			Webworm	??	info	picture
			Earwig	??	info	picture
			Love Bug	??	info	picture
			Pillbug	??	info	picture
			Mealybug Destroyer (larva)	??	info	picture
			Multi-colored Asian Ladybug (immature)	introduced	info	picture
			Dung Beetle	??	info	picture
			Cicada - Locus	native	info	picture
			Firefly - Lightning Bug	native	info	picture
	Spider	Cobweb Weaver	* Black Widow	native	info	picture
			Southern House	native	info	picture
			?? Spider	??	info	picture
		Orbweaver	Spiny-backed	native	info	picture, picture, picture
			Golden Silk	native	info	picture
			Orchard	native	info	picture
			Garden	native	info	picture
			Banded Garden	native	info	picture
			?? Spider	??	info	picture
			?? Spider	??	info	picture
			?? Spider	??	info	picture
			?? Spider	??	info	picture
			Trashline	native	info	picture, picture
		Jumping		native	info	picture
		Wolf		native	info	picture
			Daddy Longlegs	native	info	picture
			Yellow Sac	native	info	picture
			* Brown Recluse	native	info	picture
Chordata	Amphibian	Frog	Southern Cricket	native	info	picture
		Frog	?	??	info	picture
		Toad	Gulf Coast	native	info	picture
	Bird	Perching	Northern Mocking Bird (Texas State Bird)	native	info	picture
		Perching	Blue Jay	native	info	picture
		Perching	House Sparrow	introduced	info	picture
		Perching	American Robin	native	info	picture
		Perching	Brown-headed Cow Bird	native	info	picture
		Perching	Brewer's Blackbird	native	info	picture
		Perching	Common Grackle	native	info	picture
		Perching	Great-tailed Grackle	native	info	picture
		Perching	European Starling	introduced	info	picture
		Perching	Northern Cardinal	native	info	picture
		Perching	Purple Martin	native	info	picture
		Perching	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	native	info	picture
		Perching	Hooded Warbler	native	info	picture
		Perching	Black-and-White Warbler	native	info	picture
		Perching	Summer Tanager	native	info	picture
		Perching	American Goldfinch	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Black-bellied Whistling Duck	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Black-necked Stilt	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Mallard	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Cattle Egret	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Great Egret	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Snowy Egret	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Great Blue Heron	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Little Blue Heron	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Killdeer	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Snow Goose	native	info	picture
		Waterbirds	Mute Swan	introduced	info	picture
		Other	Red-Tailed Hawk	native	info	picture
		Other	Great Horned Owl	native	info	picture
		Other	Common Flicker	native	info	picture
		Other	Chimney Swift	native	info	picture
		Other	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	native	info	picture
		Other	Northern Flicker	native	info	picture
		Other	Mourning Dove	native	info	picture
	Fish	Sunfishes	Bass ??	??	info	picture
		Sunfishes	Sun Perch	??	info	picture
		Sunfishes	Blue Gills	??	info	picture
		Bullhead Catfishes	Catfish	??	info	picture
		Minnows and Carps	Carp	??	info	picture
		Minnows and Carps	Minnows	??	info	picture
		Herrings and Shads	Shad	??	info	picture
	Mammal		Virginia Opossum	native	info	picture
			Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Texas State Mammal-Flying)	native	info	picture
			Nine-banded Armadillo (Texas State Animal)	native	info	picture
			White-tailed Deer	native	info	picture
			Eastern Cottontail Rabbit	native	info	picture
			Eastern Gray Squirrel	native	info	picture
			House Mouse	native	info	picture
			Deer Mouse	native	info	picture
	Reptile	Turtle	Three-toed Box Turtle	native	info	picture
			Red-earned Slider	native	info	picture
			Smooth Softshell	native	info	picture
			Spiny Softshell	native	info	picture
		Snake	* Western Cottonmouth - Water Moccasin	native	info	picture
			* Southern Copperhead	native	info	picture
			* Timber Rattlesnake	native	info	picture
			Diamondback Water ?	?	info	picture
			Corn	native	info	picture
			Common Garter	native	info	picture
		Lizard	Green Anole	native	info	picture
		Lizard	Mediterranean Gecko	introduced	info	picture
Crocodilian		American Alligator	native	info	picture
Mollusca		Gastropods	Common Snail	introduced	info	picture
			Greenhouse Slug	introduced	info	picture
			?? Garden Slug	??	info	picture
Annelida		Earthworm		introduced	info	picture
Platyhelminthes		Land Planarians	Flatworm	introduced	info	picture

Resource Category	Resource Links
General	Yahooligans! Animals Texas Wildlife Texas Junior Naturalist Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Some Problem Invertebrates of Texas
Amphibian	Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK
Bird	A Checklist of Texas Birds Birds of the Upper Texas Coast
Crustacean
Fish	Texas Freshwater Fishes Index
Arthropods	A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects What's that Bug? DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES OF BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK Butterflies of Fort Bend County Butterflies of Texas BUTTERFLIES OF BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK Moths of Fort Bend County Moths of Texas The Mealy Oak Gall on Ornamental Live Oak in Texas Gall wasps Texas IPM Insect and Related Pests of Flowers and Foliage Plants Orb Weaving Spiders ORB-WEAVER SPIDERS Pest Library (Terminix) SPIDERS OF BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK PESTS/DISEASES American Mosquito Control Association New Jersey Mosquito Control Association (Asian Tiger Mosquito) Asian Tiger Mosquito Mosquito
Mammal	The Mammals of Texas MAMMALS OF BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK
Mollusk	Brown Garden Slug
Reptile	Herps of Texas McMartinVille--Reptiles Center for North American Herpetology Types of Turtles and Tortoises AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK
Worm	EARTHWORMS Interesting Facts About Earthworms
Platyhelminthes	Land Planarians