The morning was warm and mostly sunny as seven volunteers completed this week's survey. The true flies (order diptera) have only one pair of wings. Their second pair are modified into halteres, club-like structures that assist in balance. The photo of a crane fly shown below gives a clear view of this curious feature. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Harriett Wolf Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Val Bugh Dendroica coronata (yellow-rumped warbler) photo by Barbara Ribble Schizocosa sp. (wolf spider eating another spider) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha laboriosa (silver longjawed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Hippodamia convergens (convergent lady beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Tipula sp. (crane fly showing haltere behind wing) photo by Val Bugh Liris sp. (cricket wasp) photo by Val Bugh Amblycorypha huasteca (Texas false katydid nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Penthimia americana (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Ellabella sp. (tropical fruitworm larva) photo by Val Bugh Pseudexentera knudsoni (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia bolterii (moth) photo by Val Bugh Litodonta hydromeli (prominent) photo by Barbara Ribble Emarginea percara (moth) photo by Val Bugh Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph) photo by Dan Zinn Mocis texana (Texas mocis) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandiera), adult & tadpoles Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (pupa)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper       Erynnis sp.   Duskywing    noctuidae   Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Emarginea percara   Moth       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Orthodes furtiva   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Acronicta tota   Dagger       Agrotis malefida   Rascal Dart    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Cissusa spadix   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Mocis texana   Texas Mocis       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Pero meskaria   Moth       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Chionodes phalacra   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Unknown sp.   Leaf Beetle (larva)    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab hemiptera   pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    crabronidae   Liris sp.   Cricket Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    gryllidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    salticidae   Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver