We had a cloudy, warm morning as seven volunteers completed this week's survey. A classic example of animal-assisted pollination is shown in the hummingbird photo below. The blossom color of Big Red Sage lures the birds to partake of nectar while they invariably rub their heads against the anthers and stigmas of the flowers. Note the large globs of pollen on the bird's head! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe fledglings) photo by Harriett Wolf Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf Habronattus cognatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Dan Zinn Lestes alacer (plateau spreadwing) photo by Val Bugh Mexoleon papago (antlion) photo by Val Bugh Oecetis sp. (long-horned caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Cetexa sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Rhynchomitra microrhina (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Phylloscelis atra (black leaf-leg) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Brochymena sp. (rough stink bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chalybion sp. (blue mud dauber) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (torymid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Allograpta obliqua (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Parcoblatta sp. (wood roach) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Ponometia venustula   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Euacidalia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Honora mellinella   Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle       Ophraella communa   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Leptostylus transversus   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg       Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen sp.   Cicada (exuviae)       Tibicen texanus   Cicada    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nest)    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Pteromalid Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly       Euaresta sp.   Fruit Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    lestidae   Lestes alacer   Plateau Spreadwing    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph) mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis blattodea   blattelidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    myrmeleontidae   Mexoleon papago   Antlion trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Unknown sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly       Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    agelenidae   Unknown sp.   Funnel Weaver    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver