This is a small list of animals that you may discover in your Landscape Reptiles (Beneficial) Green Anole Green Anole Anolis carolinensis Coloration: Anoles have the ability to change their skin color from Green to Brown Size: 4.5" to 8" long Diet: Grasshoppers, Crickets, Spiders and Arthropods Male Green Anole: Displaying Dewlap Female Green Anole: Basking in the Sun Texas Spiny Lizard Texas Spiny Lizard Sceloporus olivaceus Coloration: Typically gray in color with black, white, or reddish-brown patterns down the back. The scales produce a spiny double ridge on its back Size: 7.5" to 11" long Diet: Beetles and other Insects Texas Spiny Lizard: Basking in the Sun Texas Spiny Lizard: In a Red Oak Little Brown Skink Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis Coloration: Black line running from the eye down the side of the tail, rusty to bronze or brown back with black spots and a light unmarked belly Size: 3" to 5" long. The tail is about 2.5 times the length of the head and body Diet: Insects, Spiders, and Arthropods Little Brown Skink Groundsnake Groundsnake Sonora semiannulata Non-venomous Coloration: Color can vary in this species from dull brown to bright red and solid in color to striped Size: 8.5" to 16.5" long Diet: Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes, and Lizards Warning! Texas has a large variety of venomous Snakes. If you are not familiar with distinguishing the difference between venomous and non-venomous snakes, please do not handle the snake. Groundsnake Arachnids, Insects, and Isopods (Beneficial) Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harlequin Lady Beetle) Harmonia axyridis Coloration: Yellow –Orange to Black. 0 to 22 spots. Distinctive white M shape on the Head viewed from the backside. Diet: Aphids and other plant-sucking insects during lava and adult stage Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Ladybug) Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Ladybug) Coccinella septempunctata Coloration: Black head with White spots and Orange with to Seven Black spots wing covers Diet: Aphids and other plant-sucking insects during lava and adult stage Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Spotless Lady Beetle (Ladybug) Spotless Lady Beetle (Ladybug) Cycloneda sanguinea Coloration: Black head with White spots and Orange Body Diet: Aphids and other plant-sucking insects during lava and adult stage Spotless Lady Beetle Spotless Lady Beetle Larva Assassin Bug (ambiguous) Assassin Bug Coloration: Varies per species Diet: Aphids, fleahoppers, lygus bugs, caterpillar eggs and larvae and boll weevils Assassin Bug Nymph Assassin Bug Nymph Wheel Bug Wheel Bug (Assassin Bug) Arilus cristatus The Wheel Bug is known for its Dorsal Crest which resembles a half wheel or cog Coloration: Light to Dark Gray with Black spots. Size: Up to 38 mm Diet: Aphids, fleahoppers, lygus bugs, caterpillar eggs and larvae and boll weevils. The Wheel Bug is known for being cannibalistic Wheel Bug Nymph Wheel Bug Nymph consuming a Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Damselfly (ambiguous) Damselfly Order: Odonata Coloration: Varies per species Diet: Insects Damselfly Flower Fly (Hoverfly) Flower Fly (Hoverfly) Scaeva pyrastri and Scaeva selenitica Coloration: Dark Brown to Black with dull Yellow marking Diet: Aphids, thrips and other plant-sucking insects during lava stage, Nectar as an adult Flower Flies are pollinators Flower Fly Flower Fly Long-legged Fly Long-legged Fly Sciapus sp. Coloration: Metallic Green with Copper luster and black stripes Diet: small insects Long-legged Fly Green Lacewing Green Lacewing Chrysoperla sp. Coloration: Lime Green with Lime Green transparent wings Diet: Aphids and other plant-sucking insects Green Lacewing Praying Mantis Praying Mantis Family: Mantidae Coloration: Green, Brown to Gray. Diet: All insects including cannibalism Praying Mantis Nymph Garden Spider (ambiguous) Garden Spider Genus: Argiope Specimans include the Banded Garden Spider, Black and Yellow Garden Spider, and the Silver Garden Spider Diet: small vertebrates and insects Garden Spider Pests of the Garden Aphids Aphids Superfamily: Aphidoidea Diet: Phloem and Xylem sap Aphid Aphid Aphids: Ants herding Aphids Shiny Flea Beetle Shiny Flea Beetle Asphaera lustrans Coloration: Orange head and body with Black wing covers Diet: Skullcap and Mint plants Shiny Flea Beetle Spotted Cucumber Beetle Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata Coloration: Yellow with black spots on wing covers and a black Head. Diet: roots of young plants and leaves of many crops Spotted Cucumber Beetle Fourlined Plant Bug Fourlined Plant Bug Poecilocapsus lineatus Coloration: Striped Black and Yellow to Lime Green. Head coloration can vary from Orange to Lime Green Diet: Fresh foliage in late spring, feeding for about one month Damage: Creates little round divots on the leaf that turn brown and rot. Damage will last until new growth appears Fourlined Plant Bug Plant Damage Mealybug Fourlined Plant Bug Mealybug Family: Pseudococcidae Coloration: White with white powdery fuzz or hair Diet: Plant juices Mealybug Cicada Cicada Order: Hemiptera Coloration: Varies per species Diet: Plant sap Cicada Exuviae of Cicada Spider Mites Spider Mites Family: Tetranychidae Coloration: Varies Size: less than 1mm Diet: any number of plants Spider Mite Rolly-polly Rolly-polly, Pill bug, or Woodlouse Armadillidium vulgare Coloration: Light gray to Dark Gray in color Size: Up to 18 mm long Diet: Decaying plant matter and occasionally emerging plants Considered a Pest in Vegetable Gardens Rolly-polly Snails Snails Class: Gastropoda Diet: Leaves, Stems, Bark, Fruits, Vegetables, Fungi, and Algae Snail
