Checkered Garter Snake
Checkerboard swimmer of the Southwest
Conservation Threats
Urbanization
Expansion of cities and human settlements into wildlife habitats
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Red Spitting Cobra
Don't blink-this cobra can spit.
False Cobra
All hood, no cobra
Hawk Moth Caterpillar
Hornworms: big bites, bold disguises
Racer Snake
See it. Sprint. Survive.
Smooth Green Snake
Smooth scales. Meadow hunter.
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
A moth that flies like a hummingbird
Cabbage Moth
Night flyer, cabbage chewer
Peppered Moth
The moth that showed evolution in action
Atlas Moth
Big wings. No meals. Just mating.
Snowberry Clearwing Moth
Bee disguise, moth wings, day shift.
Apple Moth
Tiny leafroller, huge orchard impact
Giant Leopard Moth
Spotted wings, secret colors
White-shouldered House Moth
White shoulders, brown wings, indoor drifter
Bamboo Worms
The caterpillar hidden in bamboo.
Black Witch Moth
The night's bat-winged wanderer
Box Tree Moth
Boxwood's night invader
Oleander Hawk Moth
The leaf that flies at dusk
Winter Moth
Winter flyer, spring defoliator
Clothes Moth
Keratin recyclers-sometimes in your closet
Tomato Hornworm
From tomato terror to night-flying pollinator
European Corn Borer
Small moth, big tunnels, big losses
Yellow Cobra
Bright hood, potent neurotoxin
Texas Garter Snake
Striped hunter of Texas watersides