It was hot and partly sunny as nine volunteers participated in this week's survey. Three predators shown below are eating their prey. The wasp, however, has only paralyzed the spider it is dragging. Adult wasps eat nectar but their grubs need fresh flesh. The mother wasp will place the live spider in a burrow and lay her egg on it. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Graptemys versa (Texas map turtle) photo by Barbara Ribble Harmonia axyridis (multi-colored Asian lady beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Lema sp. (leaf beetle larva - that is poop on its back!) photo by Val Bugh Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Oebalus pugnax (rice stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Neokolla dolobrata (leafhopper pair) photo by Val Bugh Melanoliarus sp. (cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus pius (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx eating green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Auplopus sp. (spider wasp dragging spider) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis eating stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Efferia sp. (robber fly eating honey bee) photo by Dan Zinn Poecilognathus sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green lacewing eggs) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Dolba hyloeus (pawpaw sphinx) photo by Dan Zinn Epiblema chromata (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Nerice bidentata (double-toothed prominent) photo by Val Bugh Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queens: small & large males) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpole Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpole Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird-dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acronicta lepetita   Dagger Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Virbia sp.   Moth    notodontidae   Nerice bidentata   Double-toothed Prominent    sphingidae   Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Lychnosea intermicata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Bandera binotella   Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth    tortricidae   Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eucosma salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema chromata   Leafroller Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Lema sp.   Leaf Beetle (larva)    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle (larva)       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Phera insolita   Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Eutettix pictus   Leafhopper       Neocoelidia tumidifrons   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-Black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Auplopus sp.   Spider Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (pupa)    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina pervaga   Jumping Spider       Phidippus pius   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider