We had a hot and mostly sunny day as seven volunteers participated in this week's survey. It is very likely that the dead narrowmouth toad we found in one of the ponds (see photo below) drowned during the intense recent rains. These small secretive amphibians eat ants and other insects; they live in burrows or under rocks, frequently cohabiting with rodents, reptiles or tarantulas. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp with chunk of caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Chlorion sp. (wasp) photo by Val Bugh Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Phengodes sp. (glowworm, male) photo by Val Bugh Galerita sp. (false bombardier beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Plectrodera scalator (cottonwood borer) photo by Val Bugh Trichopepla semivittata (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Toxomerus politus (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (flesh flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Rhynchomitra microrhina (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Amorpha juglandis (walnut sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Eucosma salaciana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper larva with ant walking on it) photo by Val Bugh Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Eustala anastera (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains narrowmouth toad) photo by Val Bugh Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Harriett Wolf Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpole & adult Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea), dead in pond Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), feeding on dead toad Misc.: Land Snail (Succinea sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Idia aemula   Common Idia       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    arctiidae   Virbia sp.   Moth    notodontidae   Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Amorpha juglandis   Walnut Sphinx    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)       Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Desmia sp.   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Eucosma salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    gelechiidae   Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia stigmatella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Coleomegilla maculata   Spotted Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Plectrodera scalator   Cottonwood Borer    scarabaeidae   Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    carabidae   Agonum punctiforme   Ground Beetle       Galerita sp.   False Bombardier Beetle (larva)    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm    oedemeridae   Oxacis trirossi   False Blister Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug       Ozophora salsaverdeae   Seed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus sp.   Assassin Bug (eggs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Chlorion sp.   Wasp    formicidae   Unknown sp.   Ant    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus fultoni   Snowy Tree Cricket blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver