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The Texas brown snake (Storeria dekayi texana), a subspecies of Storeria dekayi, is a nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to North America . [ 1 ]
The Texas spiny lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to the south central United States, in the states of Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma, and northeastern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí. They are quite common throughout their range, where they can be found in ...
The Texas coral snake has the traditional coloration associated with coral snakes: black, yellow, and red rings. [3] These rings extend onto their belly. [4] It is capable of growing to 48 in (122 cm) in total length (including tail), but most are closer to 24 in (61 cm). [3]
Chironomidae have variable feeding ecology: most species feed on algae and other small soil organisms they can filtrate. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Some commensal species feed off of algae on their hosts, which also provides the benefit of protection and additional mobility; particularly when their chosen host site is another predatory larval species.
However, a small number of bites produce severe dermonecrotic lesions, and, sometimes, severe systemic reaction known as hemolytic anemia. Brown recluse bites have been suspected in several fatalities. A minority of bites form a necrotizing ulcer that destroys soft tissue and may take months and, on very rare occasions, years to heal, leaving ...
Horse-flies (genus Tabanus) are larger, up to 25 mm (1 in) in length and are mostly dark brown or black, with dark eyes, often with a metallic sheen. Yellow flies (genus Diachlorus ) are similar in shape to deer flies, but have yellowish bodies and the eyes are purplish-black with a green sheen. [ 12 ]
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Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, or biting midges, generally 1–3 millimetres (1 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 8 in) in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, [ 2 ] distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic .