Five participants conducted this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. Webspinners are small insects that live in silken tunnels built on the ground. They have enlarged front legs (see below) which contain glands to produce the webbing. This must be the inspiration for Spiderman, as spider silk comes from a different part of the body. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bufo nebulifer (gulf coast toad) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Val Bugh Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren dust bathing) photo by Harriett Wolf Argia translata (dusky dancer, teneral female) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher obelisking) photo by Val Bugh Lobocleta ossularia (drab brown wave) photo by Val Bugh Oligotoma sp. (webspinner, male) photo by Val Bugh Banasa euchlora (stink bug) photo by Dan Zinn Jadera haematoloma (red-shouldered bug) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug nymph eating leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen texanus (Texas cicada) photo by Val Bugh Dicerca sp. (metallic woodborer) photo by Dan Zinn Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spotted ladybird larva eating aphid) photo by Dan Zinn Tabanus sp. (horse fly) photo by Val Bugh Promachus hinei (robber fly, female) photo by Harriett Wolf Megachile sp. (leafcutter bee, male grooming) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (braconid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas short-winged grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Paracyrtophyllus robustus (truncated true katydid, female cleaning her foot) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Other Vertebrates: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Long-eared Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) Misc.: Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & pupa)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's blue    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    noctuidae   Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (larva)    geometridae   Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth    crambidae   Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Stemorrhages costata   Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird (larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Psyllobora renifer   Ladybird Beetle    buprestidae   Dicerca sp.   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    dytiscidae   Laccophilus pictus   Predaceous Diving Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Dendrocoris humeralis   Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    membracidae   Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    chrysididae   Unknown sp.   Cuckoo Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus sp.   Horse Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner (exuviae)    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Dichromorpha viridis   Short-winged Green Grasshopper       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) blattodea   blattelidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Brachynemurus sp.   Antlion embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver