Three volunteers completed this week's survey under hot and partly sunny conditions. True bugs have tube-like mouthparts that confine them to a liquid diet. Some are predators (first 3 photos below) while others feed on plants (next 2 images). They are adaptable, though, and assassin bugs will sometimes sip nectar while, as illustrated by the Red-shouldered Bug, herbivores might ingest the bodily fluids of dead insects. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Microtomus purcis (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Triatoma gerstaeckeri (kissing bug) photo by Val Bugh Brochymena sp. (rough stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Jadera haematoloma (red-shouldered bug feeding on green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pacarina puella (a very small cicada) photo by Val Bugh Gyponana sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Mermiria sp. (slant-faced grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica longicornis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Mydas clavatus (mydas fly) photo by Val Bugh Hemipenthes celeris (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomethoca sp. (velvet ant, male) photo by Val Bugh Oligotoma sp. (webspinner, male) photo by Val Bugh Tarache aprica (exposed bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Fernaldella fimetaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Euphyes vestris (dun skipper) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (pupa)    geometridae   Pimaphera percata   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    crambidae   Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)       Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica longicornis   Leaf Beetle    carabidae   Dicaelus crenatus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus addendus   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Microtomus purcis   Assassin Bug       Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    cicadidae   Pacarina puella   Cicada       Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    mutillidae   Pseudomethoca sp.   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    mydidae   Mydas clavatus   Mydas Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus sp.   Robber Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver