This was the first survey in quite some time to begin with clear skies. Our party of eight enjoyed cool temperatures throughout the morning. The cuckoo bee shown below was still in its sleeping position: holding onto the grass stem with its jaws. Cuckoo bees lay their eggs in the nests of solitary bees rather than collecting their own pollen and so have almost no hair on their bodies. The newly molted leafhopper (shown next to its old skin), will darken considerably as it dries out. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Acrolophus griseus (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Malacosoma disstria (forest tent caterpillar moth) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria zygotaria (emerald) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch, with blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Glyphipterix circumscriptella (sedge moth) photo by Val Bugh Geina sp. (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper, adorned with bluebonnet blossom bits) photo by Val Bugh Phosphila miselioides (spotted phosphila, a noctuid moth) photo by Val Bugh Argia plana (springwater dancer, male) photo by Val Bugh Triepeolus sp. (cuckoo bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Megischus bicolor (stephanid wasp, male) photo by Val Bugh Microcentrum rhombifolium (greater anglewing, katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Leptomantispa pulchella (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Neacoryphus lateralis (seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Podisus maculiventris (predatory stink bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, very young) photo by Val Bugh Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper, just molted) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Titmouse (Baeolophus sp.) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), deceased Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpoles & adult Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps), tadpoles Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    lycaenidae   Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    pieridae   Colias cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Catocala similis   Similar Underwing       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger (larva)       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth (larva)       Rindgea cyda   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet    crambidae   Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Loxostege allectalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    tortricidae   Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva pustulella   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    pterophoridae   Geina sp.   Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth    gelechiidae   Pseudotelphusa sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    coleophoridae   Holcocera sp.   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Chilocorus stigma   Twice-stabbed Ladybird (adult & pupa)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Plochionus timidus   Ground Beetle    oedemeridae   Oxycopis mimetica   False Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    languriidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    bostrichidae   Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Drymus crassus   Seed Bug    lygaeidae   Neacoryphus lateralis   Seed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Melanolestes picipes   Black Corsair    miridae   Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    membracidae   Spissistilus sp.   Treehopper    issidae   Thionia sp.   Planthopper (nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Anthidiellum sp.   Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Parazumia symmorpha   Mason Wasp       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    bethylidae   Unknown sp.   Bethylid Wasp    stephanidae   Megischus bicolor   Stephanid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (cocoons)    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes sinuosa   Bee Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (pupa)    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Juriniopsis sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick (nymph) neuroptera   mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula