It was hot and mostly sunny as five participants conducted this week's survey. The damselfly pair shown below are engaged in the wheel position, part of the curious mating process typical of odonates. The male has already moved sperm produced from the tip of his abdomen to a second genital organ at the base. He is holding the female by the neck while she stretches her abdomen forward to receive the sperm. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Argia fumipennis (variable dancer) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail, mating pair) photo by Val Bugh Maevia poultoni (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug, freshly molted nymph) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spotted ladybird) photo by Val Bugh Disonycha leptolineata (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Oxacis trirossi (false blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas short-winged grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Hirmoneura sp. (tangle-veined fly) photo by Val Bugh Clogmia albipunctata (moth fly) photo by Val Bugh Aetole bella (moths, mating pair) photo by Val Bugh Arta olivalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Alpheioides parvulalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cydosia aurivitta (straight-lined cydosia) photo by Val Bugh Palpita quadristigmalis (four-spotted palpita) photo by Val Bugh Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider, baby) photo by Val Bugh Graptemys versa (Texas map turtle) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Speranza graphidaria   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth    pyralidae   Arta olivalis   Arta Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Brachyacma palpigera   Soybean Webworm Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird (adult & pupa)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird (larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Disonycha leptolineata   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    oedemeridae   Oxacis trirossi   False Blister Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    brentidae   Cylas formicarius   Sweet Potato Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Svastra sp.   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly    nemestrinidae   Hirmoneura sp.   Tangle-veined Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    psychodidae   Clogmia albipunctata   Moth Fly    culicidae   Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus latipennis   Broad-winged Tree Cricket       Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    salticidae   Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver