A team of four completed this week's survey under warm, cloudy conditions with occasional light rain. One of the most conspicuous dragonflies in the Gardens is the Neon Skimmer. Mature males are bright red. This color takes several days to develop, though. As the newly emerged young male shown below illustrates, they start off with the golden brown color of the females. They do not start patrolling the ponds until they are fully mature. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Neoptilia tora (argid sawfly larvae) photo by Val Bugh Anomalon sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Lasioglossum coactum (sweat bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (spider wasp) photo by Val Bugh Chalybion sp. (blue mud dauber) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bowlegged bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bowlegged bug adult) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, young male) photo by Val Bugh Mordellistena cervicalis (tumbling flower beetle) photo by Val Bugh Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick, female) photo by Val Bugh Lochmaeus bilineata (double-lined prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Diastema tigris (lantana moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph) photo by Val Bugh Eubaphe unicolor (moth) photo by Val Bugh Prochoerodes lineola (large maple spanworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Isophrictis similiella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pseudopostega albogaleriella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak with messed-up wings) photo by Val Bugh Dolomedes triton (fishing spider) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Dan Zinn Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (adult & larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)    erebidae   Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet (larva)    euteliidae   Marathyssa inficita   Dark Marathyssa (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth       Lychnosea intermicata   Moth       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)    crambidae   Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth (larva)    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Unknown sp.   Plume Moth (larva)    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Brachyacma palpigera   Soybean Webworm Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    opostegidae   Pseudopostega albogaleriella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    cerambycidae   Sternidius mimeticus   Longhorn Beetle       Mecas cineracea   Longhorn Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus dimissus   Firefly    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Euparius marmoreus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)    nabidae   Nabis capsiformis   Damsel Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Coelidia olitoria   Leafhopper (nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)       Thionia acuta   Planthopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Stenocranus brunneus   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum coactum   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   ant    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Neoptilia tora   Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    muscidae   Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly       Unknown sp.   Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito    tipulidae   Nephrotoma sp.   Tiger Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    corinnidae   Trachelus sp.   Spider       Phryrotimpus borealis   Spider