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  1. Common Baskettail

    Common Baskettail

    Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura: Cordullidae) 3.6-4.4 cm (1.4-1.7 in) long. Lake Bastrop, South Shore Park, Bastrop County, Texas, USA. A reservoir on Spicer Creek in the Colorado River Basin, northeast of Bastrop at an elevation of 137 m (449 ft).
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    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Invertebrates
  2. Multibloom Hoarypea

    Multibloom Hoarypea

    Multibloom Hoarypea (Tephrosia onobrychoides: Fabaceae) Photographed in Bastrop State Park, Bastrop County, Texas, USA. Around small pond surrounded by burned loblolly pine forest at ca. 500 ft elevation.
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    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  3. Hairy Flower Wasp

    Hairy Flower Wasp

    Hairy Flower Wasp (Campsomeris plumipes: Scoliidae) These wasps range in size from 1.5-2.5 cm (0.59-0.98 in) long. Photographed on Sweetscent (Pluchea odorata), Bastrop State Park, Bastrop County, Texas, USA. Around small pond surrounded by burned loblolly pine forest at ca. 500 ft elevation.
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    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  4. Pileated Woodpecker (male)

    Pileated Woodpecker (male)

    Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus subsp. pileatus) Male, species sexually dimorphic. While visiting Buescher State Park in Bastrop County, near Smithville, Texas, USA this beauty flew straight towards my car about 3 m (10 ft) off the ground. He landed right behind me, I turned my car...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • bastrop county buescher state park dryocopus pileatus pileated woodpecker smithville texas usa
    • Comments: 26
    • Category: North America
  5. Sand Palafox

    Sand Palafox

    Sand Palafox (Palafoxia hookeriana: Asteraceae) This endemic annual grows from 0.25-1.8 m (16-71 in) tall with showy flowers ca. 3.8-4.6 cm (1.5-1.8 in) across. Found in sandy soils and flowering either spring or fall (rain dependent), though most often in the fall. Photographed east of...
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    • asteraceae bastrop bastrop county palafoxia hookeriana sand palafox texas usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  6. Houston Toad

    Houston Toad

    Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis: Bufonidae) This Federally endangered species is only 5.8-9.7 cm (2-3.3.8 in) long. Known from only nine Texas Counties. Bastrop County, Texas, USA has or had the largest known population. Loblolly/Post Oak/Yaupon dominated rolling hills at ca. 112 m (367 ft)...
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    • bastrop county bufo houstonensis bufonidae houston toad texas usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Amphibians
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