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American Dagger Moth (Acronicta americana) caterpillar on Yaupon holly in UV light (blacklight). Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 26, 2025

Hornworm caterpillar of Lesser Vine Sphinx Moth (Banded Sphinx Moth, Eumorpha fasciatus) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 13, 2024

Tail of Hornworm caterpillar of Lesser Vine Sphinx Moth (Banded Sphinx Moth, Eumorpha fasciatus) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 13, 2024

Flowers of climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 9, 2025

Leaf of a thistle (Cirsium) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 22, 2024

Blooming dog fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 13, 2024

Blooming bastard pennyroyal (Trichostema dichotomum) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 1, 2024

White heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 5, 2025

Wild muskmelon (Cucumis melo, Dudaim melon) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 16, 2024

Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) with grass both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2024

Caps of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024

Annual broomweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2024

Acorns from oaks both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2024

Flowers of white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 5, 2025

Underside of a cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024

Cluster of young ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024

Fluffy seeds of groundsel bush (seepwillow, Baccharis halimifolia) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 1, 2024

Inflorescence of Bradford pea both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 9, 2024

Flowers and fruits of Lantana camara both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 15, 2024

Purple gerardia (Agalinis purpurea) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024

Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024

Section of tomatillo (Mexican husk tomato) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Kroger Supermarket. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2025

Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight, collected on Anderson Street in College Station, Texas, September 10, 2025

Fallen horse apple (osage orange, Maclura) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 4, 2024

Close-up of narrowleaf marsh elder (Iva angustifolia) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024

Water primrose (Ludwigia) with flower buds both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024

Salt-marsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024

Flowers of bastard pennyroyal (Trichostema dichotomum) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024

Center of Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight, collected on Anderson Street in College Station, Texas, September 10, 2025

Leaves of purple bindweed (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) with insect holes both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 4, 2024

Ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata) with seeds fallen from an oak both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 28, 2024

Blooming salt-marsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024

Young leaf of mustang grape (Vitis mustangensis) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024

Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024

White heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) covered in a dense carpet of tiny white flowers with yellow centers both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 5, 2025

Close-up of fluffy seeds of wand blackroot (Pterocaulon virgatum) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024

Ray florets and central disk of Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight, collected on Anderson Street in College Station, Texas, September 10, 2025

Pink hibiscus flower both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Morning glory (Ipomoea) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Layers of yellow onion both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from HEB supermarket. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2024

Green cabbage head both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from HEB supermarket. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024

Section of a cabbage head both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from HEB supermarket. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024

Close-up of yellow onion both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from HEB supermarket. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2024

Rain lilies both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight collected in Old Baylor Park in Independence. Texas, September 5, 2025

Flowers of woolly croton (hogwort, Croton capitatus) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024

Blue flowers of morning glory (Ipomoea) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Pink morning glory (Ipomoea carnea) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Pink flower of morning glory (Ipomoea) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Variegated Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

White flowers of morning glory (Ipomoea) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Dissected dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, September 19, 2024

Texture of section of yellow onion both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from HEB supermarket. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2024

White moth with eggs on a leaf of Yaupon holly in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020

Close-up of a pink flower of morning glory (Ipomoea) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Side view of rain lilies both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight collected in Old Baylor Park in Independence. Texas, September 5, 2025

A stump with a dry leaf both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Krugovaya Alley in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2025

Flower of powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 23, 2024

Mossy stump with a dry leaf both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Krugovaya Alley in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2025

Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight (UV image reveals how the flower communicates with pollinators) in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Texture of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024

Water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight taken from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024

Star-shaped yellow flowers have 5 "clawed" petals of Golden Thryallis (Galphimia gracilis) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Large, creamy-white petals with a deep crimson/pink center of hibiscus flowers both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2025

Green carpet of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024

Close-up of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024

Close-up of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024

Drying pink berries of American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Lick Creek Park, on Yaupon Trail. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2008

Gradually decomposing pink berries of American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Lick Creek Park, on Yaupon Trail. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2008

Various crustose lichens on a weatered wooden bench both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2024

Wooden bars of a bench with crustose lichens both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2024

Colors of crustose lichens on a weatered wooden bench both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2024

Beautyberry (callicarpa americana) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 27, 2024

Section of fruit of pomegranate both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Kroger supermarket. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2024

Close-up of fruit of pomegranate both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Kroger supermarket. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2024

Fruits of beautyberry (callicarpa americana) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 27, 2024

Fruits and leaves of beautyberry (callicarpa americana) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 27, 2024

Close-up of fruits of beautyberry (callicarpa americana) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 27, 2024

Light brown corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum(?) on a fallen stem of Yaupon holly in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 20, 2023

Light brown corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum(?) on bark of a fallen stem of Yaupon holly in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 20, 2023

Close-up of a section of a grapefruit both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Farm Patch Produce Market in Bryan. Texas, October 9, 2024

Marble tombstone of Duntain (1853-1921) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, October 24, 2024

Section of scallop squash (Patty Pan) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Farm Patch Produce Market in Bryan. Texas, October 9, 2024

Red berries of yaupon holly in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 9, 2012

Blooming Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, September 18, 2024

Center of Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, September 18, 2024

Flowers of Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, September 18, 2024

Buffalo gourd both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024

Rotting log both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Krugovaya Alley in Sosnovka Park. The intense blue or blue-green glow comes from the wood itself, specifically from lignin and cellulose. The red fluorescence comes from Chlorophyll from algae/moss or Porphyrins from bacteria. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2025

Hornworm caterpillar of Lesser Vine Sphinx Moth (Banded Sphinx Moth, Eumorpha fasciatus) on water-primrose (Ludwigia, Onagraceae) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 26, 2021

Soft fleshy amorphous polypore mushroom Abortiporus biennis(?) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight, found on rotting pine wood before the lake on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Basket grass (Oplismenus hirtellus) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 10, 2024

Dissected buffalo gourd both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024

Seeds of beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 10, 2024

White flowers of aster Symphyotrichum drummondii both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 10, 2024

Flowers of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 14, 2024

Flowers of smartweed (Persicaria, Polygonum) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024

Soft green-eyes (Berlandiera pumila) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 19, 2024

Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024

Flowers of stickleaf (blazing star) Mentzelia texana(?) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 14, 2024