After drenching overnight rain, the morning was hot and partly sunny as five volunteers completed this week's survey. While subterranean termites are notorious for the damage they do to wooden structures, members of a different family (termitidae, known as the "higher" termites) are important foragers of dead grass and other plant debris. Both examples shown below belong to this latter group. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pasimachus californicus (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cryptocephalus fulguratus (leaf beetle) photo by Dan Zinn Zopherus concolor (ironclad beetle) photo by Dan Zinn Cotinis nitida (green June beetle) photo by Val Bugh Tarache quadriplaga (bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia phecolisca (bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia thoreaui (Thoreau's flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Lochmaeus bilineata (double-lined prominent) photo by Val Bugh Haplochrois bipunctella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Eumarozia malachitana (sculptured moth) photo by Val Bugh Eucosma persolita (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by Dan Zinn Barce sp. (thread-legged bug) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper, aposematic form) photo by Val Bugh Oxidus gracilis (garden millipedes mating) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, teneral female with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Tenuirostritermes sp. (nasutiform termite wings, just shed) photo by Val Bugh Tenuirostritermes sp. (nasutiform termite, seconds after dropping its wings) photo by Val Bugh Gnathamitermes perplexus (long-jawed desert termite, alate) photo by Val Bugh Solenopsis invicta (imported fire ant attacking termite shown in previous photo) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & pupa)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    noctuidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Acronicta lepetita   Dagger Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent       Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eucosma persolita   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia hubbardi   Longhorn Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus concolor   Ironclad Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Emesaya brevipennis   Stilt-legged Bug (nymph)       Barce sp.   Thread-legged Bug    aradidae   Unknown sp.   Flat Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Tylospilus acutissimus   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    delphacidae   Delphacodes sp.   Planthopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    tiphiidae   Tiphia sp.   Tiphiid Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula pulchella   Twelve-spotted Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes perplexus   Long-jawed Desert Termite (alate)       Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasutiform Termite (alate) neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius sp.   Brown Lacewing embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper