Four volunteers participated in this week's survey. The weather was cool and foggy, turning warm and sunny by noon. While most native solitary bees gather pollen to feed their young, some species are parasitic. These "cuckoo bees" lay their eggs in the nests of other species, much like cowbirds parasitize other birds' nests. Cuckoo bees lack pollen-collecting hairs and often look very wasp-like. Three examples are shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bufo valliceps valliceps (gulf coast toad) photo by Val Bugh Argia translata (dusky dancer) photo by Val Bugh Lestes australis (southern spreadwing) photo by Val Bugh Nomada sp. (cuckoo bee) photo by Val Bugh Triepeolus sp. (cuckoo bee) photo by Val Bugh Xeromelecta californica (cuckoo bee) photo by Val Bugh Palpada mexicana (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Odontomyia sp. (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Chrysolina auripennis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Anomoea rufifrons (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Phosphila miselioides (spotted phosphila larva) photo by Val Bugh Thessalia theona (theona checkerspot larvae: the tan one has just molted) photo by Val Bugh Orthodes furtiva (moth) photo by Val Bugh Leptostales pannaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Diaphania hyalinata (melonworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Leucospilapteryx venustella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes phaon (phaon crescent) photo by Val Bugh Kricogonia lyside (lyside sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Copaeodes aurantiaca (orange skipperling) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common checkered-skipper, male hitting on female) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps valliceps) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Thessalia theona   Theona Checkerspot (larva & pupa)       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Tarache phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Orthodes furtiva   Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Macaria aemulataria   Common Angle       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Leptostales pannaria   Moth    crambidae   Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Diaphania hyalinata   Melonworm Moth       Samea ecclesialis   Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Moth       Hellula rogatalis   Cabbage Webworm Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Diacme elealis   Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Laetilia coccidivora   Moth       Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth       Melitara sp.   Cactus Borer Moth    tortricidae   Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia roseosuffusella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Chionodes phalacra   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth    gracillariidae   Leucospilapteryx venustella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle       Anomoea rufifrons   Leaf Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Agrilus obtusus   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    anthribidae   Toxonotus cornutus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)       Burtinus notatipennis   Broad-headed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xeromelecta californica   Cuckoo Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee       Nomada sp.   Cuckoo Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee       Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Andrena reflexa   Mining Bee    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Isodontia mexicana   Grass-carrying Wasp    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes aurifer   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Eumenes bollii   Potter Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Unknown sp.   Crane Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Palpada mexicana   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Odontomyia sp.   Soldier Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    tachinidae   Juriniopsis sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing psocoptera   psocidae   Unknown sp.   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider