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 They might be a bit out of date, but hopefully they should be pretty accurate still.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
