Five volunteers completed this week's sunny and hot survey. Bees have rather complex mouthparts; they have mandibles for biting as well as a tongue, or proboscis, for sucking up liquids. The photos of a bee shown below were taken as it was repeatedly sticking its tongue in and out, perhaps similar to humans licking their lips after a good meal. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth) photo by Val Bugh Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Tarache quadriplaga (bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia phecolisca (bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Emarginea percara (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia chrysellus (broomweed flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Polyhymno acaciella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Microtheoris ophionalis (yellow-veined moth) photo by Val Bugh Parachma ochracealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by Val Bugh Urbanus dorantes (dorantes longtail) photo by Val Bugh Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Val Bugh Sphex dorsalis (digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee, with tongue in & out) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevils mating) photo by Val Bugh Epicauta nigritarsis (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Mozena lunata (mesquite bug) photo by Val Bugh Keltonia pallida (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard sunning itself) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Danaus gilippus   Queen    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Urbanus dorantes   Dorantes Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia tortricina   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Bird Dropping Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Emarginea percara   Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (adult & eggs)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Pimaphera percata   Moth    crambidae   Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno acaciella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Stenomorphus californicus   Ground Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta nigritarsis   Blister Beetle    dytiscidae   Laccophilus pictus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Niesthrea lousianica   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    miridae   Keltonia pallida   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes apachus   Apache Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes fuscatus   Paper Wasp       Stenodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Sphex dorsalis   Digger Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex habenus   Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-Black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider