It was very hot and mostly sunny as nine volunteers carried out this week's survey. The grass skippers are a group of small butterflies whose caterpillars feed on grasses or sedges. The adults bask in a unique posture where each wing is at a different angle. This odd arrangement, called the jet-plane position, is nicely illustrated in the Fiery Skipper shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Masticophis flagellum testaceus (western coachwhip) photo by Barbara Ribble Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea sp. (thread-legged katydid) photo by Barbara Ribble Orchelimum silvaticum (long-spurred meadow katydid, female) photo by Val Bugh Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper, wings closed) photo by Dan Zinn Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper, wings open!) photo by Dan Zinn Danaus plexippus (monarch, closer than usual) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary pupa) photo by Val Bugh Blastobasis glandulella (acorn moth) photo by Val Bugh Pareuchaetes insulata (yellow-winged pareuchaetes) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia semiflava (half-yellow) photo by Barbara Ribble Cydia membrosa (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Adaina ambrosiae (ambrosia plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Chlorotettix sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus phyllopus (eastern leaf-footed bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Platycryptus undatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Hentzia palmarum (long-jawed jumper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Egret (Ardea alba) 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-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (all life stages)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   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       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Tripudia luxuriosa   Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow    erebidae   Mocis latipes   Small Mocis    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth       Stenoptilodes sp.   Plume Moth    gelechiidae   Hypatima sp.   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euetheola humilis   Sugarcane Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Ponana punctipennis   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Alconeura sp.   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper (nymph)    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Leucochrysa americana   Green Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider