Seven volunteers participated in this week's survey. It was hot, sunny and, due to rain the previous night, very humid. While most grasshoppers are cryptically colored to escape notice by predators, the aposematic form of the Spotted Bird Grasshopper, common here in central Texas, advertises its distastefulness with bright yellow and black markings. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper, aposematic form) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus ponderosus (ponderous grasshopper nymph eating palafoxia) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (yellow and black garden spider eating grasshopper) photo by Linda Chayra Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis) photo by Val Bugh Palpada vinetorum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Polacantha sp. (robber fly eating ant alate) photo by Val Bugh Anax junius (common green darners in tandem) photo by Linda Chayra Emesaya brevipennis (thread-legged bug) photo by Val Bugh Wallengrenia otho (southern broken-dash) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus sp. (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Battaristis sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Glaphyria fulminalis (black-patched glaphyria) photo by Val Bugh Parapediasia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Peoria opacella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Actias luna (luna moth) photo by Val Bugh Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Bufo valliceps valliceps (gulf coast toad tadpoles) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps valliceps), tadpoles Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird-dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Actias luna   Luna Moth    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Glaphyria fulminalis   Black-patched Glaphyria       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Parapediasia sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Peoria opacella   Moth    tortricidae   Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug       Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Osbornellus consors   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Stelis sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Pachodynerus nasidens   Keyhole Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant       Carebara longii   Ant diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.nbsp;  Robber Fly       Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ishnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider