Although the morning started with uncomfortably hot and humid conditions, our six participants were delighted with the heavy downpour that brought this survey to an end. We sometimes find things that we cannot identify. These mysteries are recorded in photos with the hope of figuring out what they are at some later date. This week's most curious find, shown below, was a dried fungus with granular tubes sticking out of it, apparently made by insects. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Chinavia hilare (green stink bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Phymata sp. (ambush bug feeding on soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Lomamyia sp. (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Chrysopa quadripunctata (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Gryllus sp. (field cricket) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tubes sticking out of fungus) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (galls on post oak leaf) photo by Val Bugh Dorcasta cinerea (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Panoquina ocola (ocola skipper) photo by Val Bugh Pococera sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta inornatalis (inornate pyrausta moth) photo by Val Bugh Dolba hyloeus (pawpaw sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Erinnyis obscura (obscure sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Erinnyis lassauxii (Lassaux's sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Oxyopes sp. (lynx spider, male eating ant) photo by Val Bugh Armadillidium vulgare (pillbugs sharing a bit of debris) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth    sphingidae   Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx       Erinnyis lassauxii   Lassaux's Sphinx       Erinnyis obscura   Obscure Sphinx    geometridae   Rindgea cyda   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Pococera sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Unknown sp.   Plume Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    cerambycidae   Ataxia hubbardi   Long-horned Beetle       Dorcasta cinerea   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    chrysomelidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf Beetle (larva)    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Phymata sp.   Ambush Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Arboridia sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    stratiomyidae   Hedriodiscus binotatus   Soldier Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing    chrysopidae   Chrysopa quadripunctata   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes sp.   Lynx Spider       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider