Green Anole (pictures from late Fall)

Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus



Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry)

Thelocactus bicolor (Glory of Texas)

Cleome

Cleome aka Polanisia dodecandra grows well in the cactus garden (here looking like a small tree with white flowers).  This Texas native has interesting flowers that seem to be enjoyed by butterflies and hummingbirds.  It typically grows along sandy creeks in Llano County where I collect sand.

Flowering Senna, Cassia corymbosa

Echeveria runyonii

Thelocactus bicolor

Astrophytum asterias

The Glory of Texas

Thelocactus bicolor -The Glory of Texas

Hesperaloe 'Brake-Lights'



Dyckia velascana

Two-tailed Swallowtail

Papilio multicaudata - Two-tailed Swallowtail - Many of the older maps have this species occurring in a range starting about 150 miles West of Austin.  However, newer maps have shifted this direction either by correction or expansion of its native range.  I find them frequently in Austin in close proximity to Escarpment black cherry trees.



Papilio multicaudata - Two-tailed Swallowtail



Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. armatus

Echinocereus dasyacanthus



Thelocactus bicolor