The overnight thunderstorm was just abating as two volunteers began this week's survey. It remained mostly overcast, warm and drizzly. The garden ponds are home to both frogs and toads. While frogs lay their eggs in large clumps, toads produce gel-covered strings. Those shown below were laid the previous night and will hatch in about 24 hours. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Prosapia bicincta (two-lined spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Dictyonissus griphus (issid planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Thionia acuta (issid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Hemipenthes celeris (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Xylopinus saperdioides (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Anisodactylus sp. (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Colonus sp. (jumping spider eating a smaller jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula admirabilis (handsome grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp butchering caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Neoptilia tora (argid sawfly larvae) photo by Val Bugh Chrysodeixis includens (soybean looper larva) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester larva) photo by Val Bugh Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus texanella (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail, minus tails) photo by Val Bugh Bufo nebulifer (gulf coast toad eggs) photo by Val Bugh water flowing under bridge to Family Garden photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), eggs Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult, pupa & larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Goniapteryx servia   Moth    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)       Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn    carabidae   Anisodactylus sp.   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    tenebrionidae   Xylopinus saperdioides   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)       Thionia acuta   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    mutillidae   Sphaeropthalma auripilis   Velvet Ant (male)    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant (male)    argidae   Neoptilia tora   Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (adult & nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Colonus sp.   Jumping Spider       Phidippus sp.   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina pervaga   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black & Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider