Birds & Insects
[INSECT/ARACHNID]
Can be found everywhere, especially in houses or in your hiking boots.
What is... a scorpion?
[REPTILE]
Commonly seen on exterior walls in the summer or warm weather.
What is... a Texas Banded Gecko?
[LAND]
State mammals of Texas. (2 possible answers)
What is... the longhorn OR the armadillo?
The state flower of Texas.
What is... the bluebonnet?
Found on rocks.
What is... moss?
[BIRB]
The state bird of Texas.
What is... the Northern Mockingbird?
[AMPHIBIAN]
Commonly seen hopping around after heavy rainstorms.
What is... a Texas toad?
[LAND]
Commonly found around garbage or in dumpsters.
What is... a raccoon?
Yellow flower very similar to sunflowers in appearance and are in the sunflower family.
What is... the Black-eyed Susan?
Panda food.
What is... bamboo?
[INSECTS]
List the three parts of an insect.
What is the...
1. Head
2. Thorax
3. Abdomen
[REPTILE]
Small green lizard, commonly found in neighborhoods.
What is... a brown anole?
[LAND]
You will smell stanky and fishy after being sprayed by this animal.
What is... a skunk?
Tall and common flowers found in backyards or in light woods.
What are... Maximillian sunflowers?
What are... pine trees?
[BIRBS]
Similar to buzzards, but can regurgitate food on command.
What is... a turkey vulture?
[REPTILE]
This rhyme is used to help differentiate between the Texas coral snake and the Texas king snake.
What is...
Red and black, okay Jack!
Red and yellow, kill a fellow.
[LAND/MARINE]
Name one animal/rank from Cub Scouts. (4 possible answers)
What is a...
1. Lion
2. Tiger
3. Wolf
4. Bear
These plants produce grapes.
What are... grapevines?
Can be found growing in clumps in forests during fall and spring, sometimes even at the bases of trees or on decomposing wood. Some species are edible.
What are... mushrooms?
[ARACHNID/SPIDER]
Usually found in tropical habitats, but is surprisingly found in Texas.
What is... a tarantula?
[REPTILE/SNAKE]
Very aggressive and poisonous snakes, commonly found in small lakes and creeks.
What are... Texas cottonmouths?
[MARINE]
Unexpectedly found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Houston Ship Channel, and Galveston Bay.
One or two of these trees are found on SW Alsbury heading SW.
What are... weeping willows?
Can be found in between your toes in the ocean.
What is... seaweed?