Six people participated in this week's survey. The weather was hot, sunny, and very humid after recent rains. No doubt due to the extra moisture, mosquitoes figured prominently in the list of species this time, including one of our largest: the Gallinipper. Although they are renowned for the females' requirement of a blood meal to produce eggs, adult mosquitoes mostly feed on nectar. Not only are these pesky flies important food for birds, but they are pollinators too! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mallophora fautrix (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Promachus hinei (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Ochlerotatus trivittatus (mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Psorophora cyanescens (mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Psorophora ciliata (gallinipper) photo by Val Bugh Leptocerus americanus (long-horned caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Ollarianus strictus (leafhopper, 3 mm long) photo by Val Bugh Microtheoris vibicalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Parachma ochracealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Stegasta bosqueella (red-necked peanutworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (caterpillar killed by mummy wasp, which emerged from the hole at rear) photo by Val Bugh Cerceris sp. (wasp) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walking stick) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula admirabilis (handsome grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Plinthocoelium suaveolens (bumelia borer) photo by Val Bugh Mangora gibberosa (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 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-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Acontia cretata   Bird Dropping Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow    sphingidae   Erinnyis obscura   Obscure Sphinx    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Digrammia delectata   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth    crambidae   Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    tineidae   Amydria sp.   Moth    psychidae   Unknown sp.   Bagworm (pupa) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Chrysomela texana   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Assassin Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    crabronidae   Cerceris sp.   Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant    braconidae   Aleiodes sp.   Mummy Wasp (cocoon)    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon (cocoon) diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito       Psorophora ciliata   Gallinipper       Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Mallophora fautrix   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    lycosidae   Pirata sp.   Wolf Spider    araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider