It was warm, mostly cloudy and breezy as eight volunteers participated in this week's survey. The flat-faced small carpenter ant alate shown below is not your typical household pest. This species lives in woody oak galls. The queen and the workers she produces use their oddly-shaped heads to plug the tiny entrance to their nest, keeping predators from entering. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Promachus hinei (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Dythemis fugax (checkered setwing) photo by Val Bugh Sphecius speciosus (cicada killer) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus etiolatus (carpenter ant alate) photo by Val Bugh Ceuthophilus sp. (camel cricket) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes bruneri (Bruner shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Orphulella speciosa (pasture grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Disonycha leptolineata (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Jadera coturnix (scentless plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus phyllopus (eastern leaf-footed bug nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Nectopsyche sp. (white miller - a kind of caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Petrophila kearfottalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta laticlavia (southern purple mint moth) photo by Val Bugh Condica sutor (the cobbler larva) photo by Val Bugh Polygonia interrogationis (question mark) photo by Val Bugh Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider) photo by Barbara Ribble Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake tail) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpole & adult Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpole & adult Misc.: Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Florida Blue Centipede (Hemiscolopendra marginata) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & pupa)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & egg)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling    noctuidae   Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Condica sutor   The Cobbler (larva)       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Moth (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    arctiidae   Virbia sp.   Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva & pupa)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (adult & larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Petrophila kearfottalis   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Capperia raptor   Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Altica sp.   Flea Beetle       Disonycha leptolineata   Flea Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera coturnix   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    membracidae   Entylia carinata   Treehopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Chlorion sp.   Wasp    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    formicidae   Camponotus etiolatus   Carpenter Ant (alate)       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    stratiomyidae   Cyphomyia erecta   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    gryllidae   Neonemobius mormonius   Mormon Ground Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Nectopsyche sp.   White Miller ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider