Eight people conducted this week's survey; it was hot and sunny. Sparse green patches in the dry fields yielded a few grasshoppers this time. Their camouflage is sometimes amazing, perfectly matching the dirt and dead foliage. The Eastern Amberwing, at 1 inch in length our smallest dragonfly, has markings and a perching habit that mimics a wasp. The final four images shown below tell the story of one queen ant that we watched for about 10 minutes. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Triatoma gerstaeckeri (kissing bug) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus clypealis (leaf-footed bug) photo by Val Bugh Pachybrachis diversus (leaf beetle, 2.5 mm long) photo by Val Bugh Aphoebantus sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Efferia tuberculata (robber fly, left: male, right: female) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus cockerelli (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Isophrictis similiella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (crambid moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (dragonfly exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Perithemis tenera (eastern amberwing, male) photo by Val Bugh Mermiria sp. (slant-faced grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Encoptolophus costalis (dusky grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Scolia nobilitata (scoliid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Scolia dubia (scoliid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Carebara longii (ants mating) photo by Val Bugh Carebara longii (after the male flew off, an immature bold jumper attacked the queen, but she managed to repel it) photo by Val Bugh Carebara longii (as soon as the spider had backed off, a second male mated with the queen) photo by Val Bugh Carebara longii (the spider then attacked again, grabbing the queen's wing as the male pulled loose and watched) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), scat Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    crambidae   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Acrobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cockerelli   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis diversus   Leaf Beetle       Brachycoryna pumila   Leaf Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    reduviidae   Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug    miridae   Prepops   Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Hymetta sp.   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Wasp       Scolia nobilitata   Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    formicidae   Carebara longii   Ant (alates) diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Aphoebantus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia tuberculata   Robber Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer    libellulidae   Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper