Congregation

Housefly

Small fly, big public-health impact.

Fruit Fly

The tiny fly that mapped our genes

Firefly

Living lanterns with coded light

Tick

Small bite, big impact

Sand Crab

Built for the backwash

Milk Snake

Bright bands, harmless bite-Milk Snake!

Texas Rat Snake

Texas' climbing rodent patrol

Massasauga

Small rattle. Big wetland neighbor.

Garter Snake

Stripes you can trust

Puff Adder

Stand still. Blend in. Puff loud.

Banded Water Snake

Wetland hunter-harmless, not a cottonmouth

Rough Green Snake

The leaf-green insect hunter of the treetops

Red-Eared Slider

Red patch, big splash-slider power!

Spitting Cobra

Front fangs, fast venom, fierce defense

Northern Water Snake

Not a cottonmouth-just a water snake.

Cottonmouth

Swamp guardian with a cotton-white warning

Asp

The original "asp" of the Nile

Eastern Rat Snake

Barn-Patrolling, Tree-Climbing Black Snake

Freshwater Crocodile

Slim snout, freshwater stealth

Carpet Viper

Hear the hiss, heed the saw

Natterjack

The stripe-backed toad that runs and roars

Copperhead

Hourglass bands, hidden in plain sight

Western Hognose Snake

The prairie snake that plays dead best

King Vulture

Color-crowned cleaner of the rainforest