David Peden
Well-Known Member
Hey all, I have a backlog of species lists for zoos and aquariums in the Houston area from when I was there in late April of this year. They might be a bit out of date, but hopefully they should be pretty accurate still. This final list is for the insectarium and Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Nature and Science. I counted 90 species here, mostly insects of course.
Insectarium
Green and black poison frog
Dyeing poison frog
Bumblebee poison frog
Golden poison frog
Blue poison frog
Domino cockroach
Texas leafcutter ant
Blue bottle fly
American cockroach
Indian ornamental tarantula
Chilean rosehair tarantula
Giant centipede
Common woodlouse
Desert millipede
Yellow garden spider
Tailless whip scorpion
Giant vinegaroon
Townsend’s harvestmen
Desert hairy scorpion
Brown recluse
Goliath birdeater
Atlas beetle
Black stag beetle
Magnificent flower beetle
Red spotted longhorn beetle
Blue death feigning beetle
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Southern black widow
Six spotted fishing spider
Ghost mantis
Budwing mantis
Giant Asian mantis
Jungle nymph
Giant katydid
Butterfly House
Red peacock
Silver king shoemaker
African moon moth
Atlas moth
Red rim
Magnificent owl
Tawny owl butterfly
Grecian shoemaker
Orange emigrant
Leopard lacewing
Tiger leafwing
Autumn leaf
Julia longwing
Common swordtail
Costa Rican glasswing
Red cracker
Grey cracker
Starry night cracker
Great orangetip
Antiochus longwing
False zebra longwing
Zebra longwing
Blue and white longwing
Doris longwing
Red postman
Tiger longwing
Hewitson’s longwing
Ismenius tiger longwing
Red postman mimic
Sapho longwing
Sara longwing
Silver studded leafwing
Greater eggfly
Rice paper butterfly
Dead leaf butterfly
Tropical milkweed butterfly
Orange spotted tiger clearwing
Giant glasswing
Peleides morpho
Blue wave
Mexican bluewing
Green birdwing
Pink spotted swallowtail
Blue banded swallowtail
Scarlet mormon
Thoas swallowtail
Cattleheart swallowtail
Blue clipper
Rusty tipped page
Malachite butterfly
Cream spotted tiger wing
Golden birdwing
Green iguana
Red footed tortoise
Green tree python
Blind cave fish
Insectarium
Green and black poison frog
Dyeing poison frog
Bumblebee poison frog
Golden poison frog
Blue poison frog
Domino cockroach
Texas leafcutter ant
Blue bottle fly
American cockroach
Indian ornamental tarantula
Chilean rosehair tarantula
Giant centipede
Common woodlouse
Desert millipede
Yellow garden spider
Tailless whip scorpion
Giant vinegaroon
Townsend’s harvestmen
Desert hairy scorpion
Brown recluse
Goliath birdeater
Atlas beetle
Black stag beetle
Magnificent flower beetle
Red spotted longhorn beetle
Blue death feigning beetle
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Southern black widow
Six spotted fishing spider
Ghost mantis
Budwing mantis
Giant Asian mantis
Jungle nymph
Giant katydid
Butterfly House
Red peacock
Silver king shoemaker
African moon moth
Atlas moth
Red rim
Magnificent owl
Tawny owl butterfly
Grecian shoemaker
Orange emigrant
Leopard lacewing
Tiger leafwing
Autumn leaf
Julia longwing
Common swordtail
Costa Rican glasswing
Red cracker
Grey cracker
Starry night cracker
Great orangetip
Antiochus longwing
False zebra longwing
Zebra longwing
Blue and white longwing
Doris longwing
Red postman
Tiger longwing
Hewitson’s longwing
Ismenius tiger longwing
Red postman mimic
Sapho longwing
Sara longwing
Silver studded leafwing
Greater eggfly
Rice paper butterfly
Dead leaf butterfly
Tropical milkweed butterfly
Orange spotted tiger clearwing
Giant glasswing
Peleides morpho
Blue wave
Mexican bluewing
Green birdwing
Pink spotted swallowtail
Blue banded swallowtail
Scarlet mormon
Thoas swallowtail
Cattleheart swallowtail
Blue clipper
Rusty tipped page
Malachite butterfly
Cream spotted tiger wing
Golden birdwing
Green iguana
Red footed tortoise
Green tree python
Blind cave fish