Nature Happenings
• Peak month for summer wildflowers to bloom.
Wildflowers in TX Hill Country
• Month of the spider: their numbers and webs reach their peak this month.
The 10 Most Common Spiders in TX:
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Grass Spiders. These are funnel weavers and they like to make their homes in corners. .
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Orb Weavers. There are many varieties of orb weaver spiders.
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Woodlouse Hunter.
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Carolina Wolf Spider.
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Brown Widows.
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Common House Spider.
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The Texas Recluse.
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The Gray Wall Jumping Spider.
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Crab Spiders
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The Longbodied Cellar Spider
• Shorebird migration builds and waterfowl migration starts.
Shorebirds gathering to flock & migrate
• Squirrels give birth to their second broods.
Grey Squirrel & baby
• Purple Martins go south (adults by the start of the month, juveniles by the end of the month).
Purple Martins
• Butterflies such as Gulf Fritillary, Ocola Skipper and Queen migrate along the coastal plain and inland in the east of the region.
Gulf Fritillary
Ocola Skipper
Queen Butterfly
• Chimney Swifts can be seen in large flocks over chimneys at dusk.
Flock of Chimney Swifts
• Second brood of hummingbirds begin to appear at feeders early- to mid-month.
Hummingbird egg and 1 day-old hatchling
