A team of eight completed this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. The White-striped Longtail shown below is engaged in a surprising and, from a human perspective, rather disgusting activity: it is drinking its own pee. Butterflies need minerals they do not get from nectar; wetting a dried bird dropping dissolves salts and other nutrients so they can be sucked up through the proboscis. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pyrausta augustalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx) photo by Barbara Ribble Eumarozia malachitana (sculptured moth) photo by Val Bugh Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Val Bugh Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary egg on passionflower tendril) photo by Val Bugh Zelus sp. (assassin bug eggs) photo by Val Bugh Ceroplastes sp. & Icerya purchasi (wax scale & cottony cushion scale) photo by Val Bugh Banasa euchlora (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca obscura (obscure bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (gall midge) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Strategus aloeus (ox beetle, female) photo by Val Bugh Texania fulleri (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Telebasis salva (desert firetail) photo by Val Bugh Hetaerina americana (American rubyspot) photo by Val Bugh Sarinda hentzi (antmimic jumper) photo by Val Bugh Marpissa obtusa (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Barbara Ribble Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Dan Zinn Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & egg)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (pupa)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Hypenula cacuminalis   Long-horned Owlet    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta augustalis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Neohelvibotys polingi   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    pterophoridae   Hellinsia inquinatus   Plume Moth    xyloryctidae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    psychidae   Oiketicus abbotii   Bagworm (pupa)    cosmopterigidae   Triclonella bicoloripennis   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Texania fulleri   Metallic Woodborer    elateridae   Aeolus sp.   Click Beetle       Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Strongylium tenuicolle   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Strategus aloeus   Ox Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug       Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Osbornellus scalaris   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    coccidae   Ceroplastes sp.   Wax Scale    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    calopterygidae   Hetaerina americana   American Rubyspot orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper neuroptera   mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly    myrmeleontidae   Brachynemurus sp.   Antlion trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Marpissa obtusa   Jumping Spider       Sarinda hentzi   Antmimic Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider