Our team of seven participated in this week's survey under warm and mostly cloudy conditions. When dragonflies oviposit (lay eggs) in the ponds, there is always the danger of the fish eating the eggs or the tiny hatchlings. The Blue Dasher shown below is increasing the survival chances of her progeny by laying hundreds of eggs in the tiny pool of water on TOP of the lilypad, where the fish are not likely to reach them. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pseudomops septentrionalis (pale-bordered field cockroach) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, female) photo by Val Bugh Paracyrtophyllus robustus (truncated true katydid, male) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher ovipositing) photo by Val Bugh Acmaeodera ornatoides (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Laemophloeus biguttatus (lined flat bark beetle) photo by Val Bugh Phengodes sp. (glowworm, male) photo by Val Bugh Moneilema armatum (cactus longhorn) photo by Val Bugh Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Oebalus pugnax (rice stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Dictyonissus griphus (issid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Ochlerotatus trivittatus (mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Atomosia melanopogon (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Cylindromyia sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly investigating caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Dichomeris setosella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Val Bugh Araneus pegnia (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Marpissa obtusa (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) 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) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing (larva)    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Moth (larva)       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth    psychidae   Unknown sp.   Bagworm (larva)    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    gelechiidae   Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Dichomeris setosella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Kuschelina petaurista   Flea Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (larva)       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn       Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle       Anelaphus debilis   Longhorn Beetle       Aneflomorpha sp.   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Calosoma macrum   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    elateridae   Agrypnus rectangularis   Click Beetle    laemophloeidae   Laemophloeus biguttatus   Lined Flat Bark Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm    curculionidae   Omileus epicaeroides   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Gyponanasp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper       Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper (nymph)    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (adult & nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito       Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner (exuviae) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid (adult & nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick blattodea   blattelidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Marpissa obtusa   Jumping Spider       Metacyrba taeniola   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver