It was hot and sunny as five volunteers conducted this week's survey. One of our tiniest ladybird beetles is pictured below. Measuring less than 2 mm in length, Psyllobora renifer is one of the few ladybird beetles that feeds not on aphids and other insects as one would expect, but on fungus. Another oddity is the Feather-legged Orbweaver. Unlike almost all other spiders, this species and its close relatives do not have venom glands! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Ian Wright Calephelis perditalis (rounded metalmark) photo by Val Bugh Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper, male) photo by Val Bugh Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth) photo by Val Bugh Ephestiodes sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cydia latiferreana (filbertworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Anthophora californica (digger bee) photo by Val Bugh Bicyrtes sp. (sand wasp digging nest) photo by Val Bugh Euodynerus sp. (mason wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon cocoon) photo by Val Bugh Habronattus cognatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Uloborus glomosus (feather-legged orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Melanagromyza sp. (leaf-miner fly) photo by Val Bugh Asphaera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Psyllobora renifer (ladybird beetle) photo by Val Bugh Phengodes sp. (glowworm, male) photo by Val Bugh Anasa tristis (squash bug) photo by Val Bugh Zelus tetracanthus (four-spined assassin bug, unusual color variation) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug, fantastic color variation!) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) 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) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Spider Mites (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Condica sutor   The Cobbler    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth    crambidae   Eustixia pupula   Spotted Peppergrass Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Yellow-veined Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Psyllobora renifer   Ladybird Beetle    cleridae   Cymatodera sp.   Checkered Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm (male) hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes apachus   Apache Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon (cocoon)    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant diptera   asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    agromyzidae   Melanagromyza sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    bombyliidae   Xenox tigrinis   Tiger Bee Fly    tephritidae   Tephritis sp.   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    muscidae   Unknown sp.   Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Signal Fly    ulidiidae   Euxesta sp.   Picture-winged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erithemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Pantala sp.   Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Brachynemurus sackeni   Antlion    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver