Four volunteers conducted this week's survey during a delightfully cool, mostly overcast and breezy morning. Several katydid species have both brown and green color forms. We happened upon a nice example of this with two Haldeman's Shieldbacks: a brown male and a green female. The male has more of a humped back because his wings (almost hidden beneath the pronotum, or "shield") are large enough to produce his song. These predatory katydids sometimes hunt around lights that are attracting other insects. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Stenelytrana gigas (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Dromochorus belfragei (tiger beetle) photo by Val Bugh Sergiolus sp. (ground spider) photo by Val Bugh Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma basidens (double-striped bluet) photo by Val Bugh Pacarina puella (cicada, our tiniest species) photo by Val Bugh Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes haldemani (Haldeman's shieldback, male) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes haldemani (Haldeman's shieldback, female) photo by Val Bugh Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Palpada vinetorum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Stenodynerus sp. (mason wasp with caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Oligotoma sp. (webspinner, male in web) photo by Val Bugh Omphalocera cariosa (barberry webworm) photo by Val Bugh Coleophora sp. (moths mating) photo by Val Bugh Speranza graphidaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Archirhoe neomexicana (moth) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen, before & after pupation) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata), a snail Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult, larva & pupa)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Schinia sp.   Flower Moth (larva)       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Bulia deducta   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (adult & larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray (adult & larva)       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Iridopsis gemella   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Archirhoe neomexicana   Moth       Speranza graphidaria   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    pyralidae   Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm (larva)    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   antaeotricha osseella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    cleridae   Cymatodera sp.   Checkered Beetle    cerambycidae   Stenelytrana gigas   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Dromochorus belfragei   Tiger Beetle hemiptera   miridae   Polymeris basalis   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus sp.   Assassin Bug (eggs)       Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Neokolla sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug       Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    cicadidae   Pacarina puella   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    vespidae   Stenodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    crabronidae   Trypoxylon sp.   Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    stratiomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Atomosia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma basidens   Double-striped Bluet       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider       Sergiolus sp.   Ground Spider