It was hot and sunny as a team of seven conducted this week's survey. A pair of Rio Grande Cichlids has produced a brood (shown below) in the Family Garden stream. Both parents protect the several hundred juveniles, herding them into hiding when they sense danger, such as people standing nearby. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Dictyonissus griphus (issid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Rhynchomitra microrhina (dictyopharid planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Metcalfa pruinosa (citrus planthopper, molting & adult) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanolestes picipes (black corsair) photo by Val Bugh Podisus maculiventris (predatory stink bug nymph eating leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Euphoria fulgida (flower scarab) photo by Val Bugh Tylonotus bimaculatus (longhorn beetle) photo by Barbara Ribble Orchelimum silvaticum (long-spurred meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper larva - head at left) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Nerice bidentata (double-toothed prominent) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes smithii (potter wasp) photo by Val Bugh Ochlerotatus trivittatus (mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Polacantha sp. (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Tramea onusta (red saddlebags) photo by Barbara Ribble Herichthys cyanoguttatus (Rio Grande cichlid juveniles) photo by Val Bugh Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog tadpole with hind legs) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 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) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult, larva & pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Nerice bidentata   Double-toothed Prominent    geometridae   Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Anomoea laticlavia   Clay-colored Leaf Beetle       Griburius lecontii   Leaf Beetle    cerambycidae   Leptostylus transversus   Longhorn Beetle       Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn       Tylonotus bimaculatus   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Euphoria fulgida   Flower Scarab    tenebrionidae   Eleodes fusiformis   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Melanolestes picipes   Black Corsair    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Polocantha sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus fultoni   Snowy Tree Cricket blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Nectopsyche sp.   White Miller araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black & Yellow Garden Spider       Eustala sp.   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Long-jawed Orbweaver