Eight people conducted this week's survey on a very warm, sunny morning. Despite what seemed like optimum conditions, there were relatively few butterflies. Finding three different kinds of snakes (see list below) was certainly a treat. The Eastern Carpenter Bee pictured here was engaged in a behavior called "nectar stealing." Instead of entering the flower through the area with stamens and pistil to get to its reward, the bee simply bites into the base of the flower, obtaining food without doing any pollinating. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Glena quinquelinearia (five-lined glena) photo by Val Bugh Cudonigera houstonana (juniper budworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Fissicrambus profanellus (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Bagisara rectifascia (moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Lochmaeus manteo (variable oakleaf caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent) photo by Val Bugh Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer, female) photo by Val Bugh Argia fumipennis (variable dancer, male) photo by Val Bugh Argia plana (springwater dancer, male) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (signal fly) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee) photo by Val Bugh Nemognatha sp. (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Pyrota tenuicostatis (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Acmaeodera ornatoides (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus sp. (tree cricket, female) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Dalquestia formosa (harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea tabulata (opuntia bug) photo by Val Bugh Storeria dekayi texana (Texas Brown Snake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Titmouse (Baeolophus sp.) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius tenere) Texas Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi texana) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps), tadpole Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpole Misc.: Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias cesonia   Southern Dogface       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Lochmaeus manteo   Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Fissicrambus profanellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    coleophoridae   Unknown sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multicolored Asian Ladybird    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle       Pyrota tenuicostatis   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Cylindrocopturus sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    miridae   Prepops sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    pseudococcidae   Phenacoccus sp.   Mealybug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Unknown sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes aurifer   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-Black Mud Dauber diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    platystomatidae   Unknown sp.   Signal Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx