Our typical summer weather pattern was evident today: sunny and hot. Seven people conducted this survey. We noted an interesting phenomenon: a light mist of liquid droplets were falling under a kidneywood tree. Closer examination revealed that the liquid was being expelled by leafhopper nymphs (commonly called Sharpshooters). In the early morning sun, the fine "rain" was quite visible. Highlights also included finding a Giant Water Bug in the main courtyard and a young Texas Rat Snake in a tree. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing) photo by Val Bugh Telebasis salva (desert firetail) photo by Val Bugh Aquarius remigis (water strider eating flat-backed millipede) photo by Val Bugh Hentzia palmarum (long-jawed jumper) photo by Val Bugh Ophraella americana (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Draeculacephala sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Paraidemona sp. (grasshoppers mating) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, young male) photo by Val Bugh Ozarba aeria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pepsis sp. (spider wasp) photo by Val Bugh Perillus bioculatus (two-spotted stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Fletcher's scale on cypress) photo by Val Bugh Elaphe obsoleta (Texas rat snake) photo by Val Bugh Prochoerodes lineola (large maple spanworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Dioprosopa clavata (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes vesta (vesta crescent larva) photo by Val Bugh Lethocerus medius (giant water bug) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Flat-backed Millipede (order Polydesmida) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (pupa)       Phyciodes vesta   Vesta Crescent (adult & larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio sp.   Swallowtail (pupa)    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Ozarba aeria   Moth       Ledaea perditalis   Lost Owlet       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar       Unknown sp.   Tiger Moth (larva)       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    geometridae   Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva & egg)    pyralidae   Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm (larva)    crambidae   Lineodes interrupta   Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth (larva) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Unknown sp.   Damselfly (exuviae)    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Platystomatid Fly    tephritidae   Eutreta sp.   Fruit Fly coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Ophraella americana   Leaf Beetle       Oulema cornuta   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn       Obrium maculatum   Long-horned Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   miridae   Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Rhinacloa forticornis   plant bug    belostomatidae   Lethocerus medius   Giant Water Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Acrosternum hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Perillus bioculatus   Two-spotted Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Homalodisca sp.   Sharpshooter (nymph)       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    membracidae   Spissistilus sp.   Treehopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)    coccidae   Parthenolecanium fletcheri   Fletcher's Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (cocoons)    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    acrididae   Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Eustala sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theriidae   Anelosimus studiosus   Social Cobweb Weaver    thomisidae   Misumenops sp.   Crab Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver