Nature Up Close

This Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera). A native wildflower to the Texas region. The colors and patterns give of an almost painted affect in the photography. Native wildflower are a great addition to your landscape and a good way to help reduce your dependence on a landscapes water needs.

Narrowleaf Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida). Notice the Fibonacci sequence that makes up the cone of this flower. The Fibonacci patterns are found throughout nature and is expressed as one of the most famous formulas in mathematics.

Narrowleaf Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida). Notice the Fibonacci sequence that makes up the cone of this flower. The Fibonacci patterns are found throughout nature and is expressed as one of the most famous formulas in mathematics.

Blue Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula vibrans). Although sometimes scary looking, they are harmless to humans and an important component to healthy eco-systems. Dragonflies were some of the first winged insects to evolve over 300 million years ago. There are more than 5,000 specie of dragonflies. Dragonflies begin as aquatic larvae, spending up to two years in wetlands eating mosquitos, tadpoles, and other insect larvae. They are an important part of a healthy eco-system, and conservation of wetlands is important to their sustained survival.

'Just Hang'in Out'

A Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea) sits on a glass window late at night. Measuring only a couple of inches long, these frog make up for their small size with their loud overnight calls.

Three-toed Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis)

'Along Came a Spider'

An Orb-Wearver spider (Genus Eriophora) on its web at night. Eriophora is a genus of orb-weaver spiders found in the Americas, Australasia, and Africa. The name is derived from Ancient Greek roots, and means "wool bearing".

Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope Aurantia)

Wild mushrooms. A cluster of wild mushrooms rise up like a dense pattern of buidlings in a city. Fungi are nature's original recycler. Above ground is just the fruit, below ground there can be miles of fungal networks interconnecting trees an other plants in a symbiotic relationship.

Bird of Pardise Leaf Shoot illuminated with a flash at night. The process of using a flash gives a glowing affect to the leaf as the light is captured and channeled down through the leaf.

Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella). A native wildflower to the Texas region, typically blooming in early summer. Native wildflower are a great addition to your landscape and a good way to help reduce your dependence on a landscapes water needs.

Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella). A native wildflower to the Texas region, typically blooming in early summer. Native wildflower are a great addition to your landscape and a good way to help reduce your dependence on a landscapes water needs.

Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolate)

Hibiscus Flower

A native Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) rests on a Palmetto frond in the sunlight. In recent years Green Anoles in the U.S. have come under threat from the invasive Brown Anole (Cuban or Bahamian anole) that originated in the Carribean. It is not uncommon for the Brown Anoles to eat the babies of Green Anoles. Thus the Green Anole has resorted to living higher in the tree canopy to adapt to this new threat.

Wild mushrooms. Fungi are nature's original recycler. Above ground is just the fruit, below ground there can be miles of fungal networks interconnecting trees an other plants in a symbiotic relationship.

Wild mushrooms. Fungi are nature's original recycler. Above ground is just the fruit, below ground there can be miles of fungal networks interconnecting trees an other plants in a symbiotic relationship.