Despite storms during the previous night, we had excellent weather for the survey (four participants) this time, as the precipitation abated and the temperature remained comfortable. Even the birds seemed to enjoy the break from summer heat; their serenades were nearly continuous. Heavy cloud cover, though, made photography challenging, and many of our subjects were wet. One highlight was getting a close-up view of a mourning dove on her nest (in the retama tree next to the Seed Silo). We found some sowbugs near the compost pile, one of which was eating an earwig. Sowbugs are scavengers so it was probably simply cleaning up a casualty of the recent rains rather than having killed the insect. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Lucilia sp. (blow fly) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen superbus (superb cicada) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper pupa) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochroa ligata (conchuela) photo by Val Bugh Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Zenaida macroura (mourning dove on nest) photo by Val Bugh Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Automeris io (Io moth larva, newly molted) photo by Val Bugh Phyllophaga sp. (May beetle) photo by Val Bugh Paracyrtophyllus robustus (truncated true katydid) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes bruneri (Bruner's shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Derospidea brevicollis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus sp. (spur-throated grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Chalybion sp. (blue mud dauber) photo by Val Bugh Ormenis sp. (planthopper in the family Flatidae) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (sac spider retreat, family Miturgidae) photo by Val Bugh Porcellionides pruinosus (sowbug eating earwig) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (satellite fly) photo by Val Bugh Urola nivalis (snowy urola) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Amphibians: Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) Mollusks: Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Crustaceans and Millipedes: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Sowbug (Porcellionides pruinosus) Millipede (order Polydesmida) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor (adult & larva)       Asterocampa clytone   Tawny Emperor       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (larva)    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (pupa)       Papilio troilus   Spicebush Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper (adult & pupa)       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Catocala amica   Girlfriend Underwing       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Looper Caterpillar    crambidae   Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Fissicrambus profanellus   Grass-veneer Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer diptera   calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    asilidae   Efferia tuberculata   Robber Fly    anthomyiidae   Anthomyia sp.   Root Maggot Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Satellite Fly coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   May Beetle    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    thyreocoridae   Galgupha sp.   Ebony Bug    pentatomidae   Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Texananus ovatus   Leafhopper       Texananus areolatus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Neokolla sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper       Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Spissistilus sp.   Treehopper    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Spurthroat       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) blattodea   blattidae   Periplaneta americana   American Cockroach dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Misumenops sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx Spider    miturgidae   Unknown sp.   Sac Spider (retreat)