A team of seven completed this week's survey under very hot and sunny conditions. Some wasps are so tiny they are hard to see. The aphelinid shown below (at 1.5 mm, it is dwarfed by the nearby butterfly) belongs to a family that includes important biological controls of pest species. Such little wasps can complete their development inside a planthopper, aphid or even an insect egg. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Perithemis tenera (eastern amberwing, female) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum vicinum (autumn meadowhawk, female) photo by Val Bugh Thionia elliptica (issid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Episcirrus brachialis (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Cryptocephalus leucomelas (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Bicyrtes quadrifasciata (sand wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (aphelinid wasp beside a Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Atalopedes campestris (sachem) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent) photo by Val Bugh Tarache aprica (exposed bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Spragueia jaguaralis (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Cobubatha lixiva (moth) photo by Val Bugh Fernaldella fimetaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Peoria tetradella (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Dichomeris inversella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Aetole tripunctella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Acrocercops quinquistrigella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper, female) photo by Barbara Ribble Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) 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       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis acontioides   Royal Poinciana Moth       Tetanolita mynesalis   Smoky Tetanolita       Cecharismena jalapena   Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Coleotechnites eryngiella   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Cryptocephalus leucomelas   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Chilocorus cacti   Cactus Lady Beetle    carabidae   Plochionus timidus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle       Phileurus valgus   Scarab       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    curculionidae   Episcirrus brachialis   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper       Flatormenis sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    membracidae   Entylia carinata   Treehopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    coccidae   Pulvinaria sp.   Cottony Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    aphelinidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    trixoscelididae   Trixoscelis sp.   Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider