It was a very hot and sunny morning as six volunteers completed this week's survey. The Thread-legged Bug shown below is one of the most unusual looking assassin bugs. Although it resembles a walkingstick, it can fly, has raptorial front legs (like those of a mantis), and eats other insects. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Val Bugh Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Harriett Wolf Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Thiodina puerpera (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen superbus (superb cicada) photo by Val Bugh Emesaya brevipennis (thread-legged bug) photo by Val Bugh Dynastes tityus (eastern Hercules beetle) photo by Dan Zinn Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper - look at those hairy legs!) photo by Val Bugh Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Val Bugh Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee, with pollen covered face) photo by Val Bugh Pimpla sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Efferia sp. (robber fly eating bee) photo by Barbara Ribble Ocyptamus fascipennis (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Telebasis salva (desert firetail nymph about to molt) photo by Val Bugh Argia fumipennis (variable dancer, female) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher, female) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx    tortricidae   Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Grapeleaf Skeletonizer coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica balteata   Banded Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Dynastes tityus   Eastern Hercules Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula maculifrons   Eastern Yellowjacket       Vespula squamosa   southern yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    ichneumonidae   Pimpla sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Xenox tigrinus   Tiger Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia tuberculata   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pantala sp.   Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider