Partly sunny, hot conditions prevailed as five volunteers completed this week's survey. The sharpshooter pictured below has a dab of a white waxy substance called brochosomes on each wing. The female produced it as liquid from her back end and with her legs moved it temporarily to its present position. She will use this supply to cover her eggs with a protective coating after inserting them into a plant leaf. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis agarithe (large orange sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Harriett Wolf Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary, larva) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing, larva) photo by Val Bugh Cisthene tenuifascia (lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Anacampsis paltodoriella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia fasciatella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Catorhintha selector (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Triatoma sanguisuga (kissing bug) photo by Val Bugh Homalodisca vitripennis (glassy-winged sharpshooter, female with brochosomes on wings) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen texanus (cicada) photo by Val Bugh Pemphigus populitransversus (gall on cottonwood leaf, created by poplar petiole-gall aphids) photo by Val Bugh Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee, nectar stealing) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper nymph molting) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Uloborus glomosus (feather-legged orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Misc.: Crayfish (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    noctuidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird-dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva & egg)    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Phaneta argutipunctana   Coastal Phaneta Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica longicornis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    cerambycidae   Eburia haldemani   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle    brentidae   Cylas formicarius   Sweet Potato Weevil    curculionidae   Sitona californius   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    gerridae   Unknown sp.   Water Strider    miridae   Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Triatoma sanguisuga   Kissing Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    pseudococcidae   Phenacoccus sp.   Mealybug    aphididae   Pemphigus populitransversus   Poplar Petiole-gall Aphid    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Hoplitis sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Stelis sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer       Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Trielis octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp       Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Peleteria sp.nbsp;  Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    myrmeleontidae   Brachynemurus sp.   Antlion araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver