It was another hot and sunny morning as nine volunteers completed this week's survey. Although they have ominous looking mouthparts reminiscent of those belonging to mosquitoes, we mammals have nothing to fear from the pair of mating crane flies shown below. They use their long proboscises to sip nectar from flowers and do not bite. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Val Bugh Mexoleon papago (antlion) photo by Val Bugh Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Val Bugh Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer) photo by Barbara Ribble Megachile fortis (leaf-cutter bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Megischus texanus (stephanid wasp ovipositing) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva with empty wasp cocoons) photo by Val Bugh Limonia sp. (crane flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper) photo by Barbara Ribble Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur larva) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) photo by Harriett Wolf Heliopetes macaira (Turk's-cap white-skipper) photo by Harriett Wolf Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper, female) photo by Dan Zinn Ancylis comptana (strawberry leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Pelochrista metariana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Scolops pungens (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Clastoptera octonotata (spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa dubia (crab spider eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Misc.: Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Heliopetes macaira   Turk's-cap White-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)       Unknown sp.   Looper (larva)    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Goniapteryx servia   Moth    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus quadrinotellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista metariana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle    elateridae   Conoderus bellus   Click Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (egg)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera octonotata   Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    dictyopharidae   Scolops pungens   Planthopper    cixiidae   Haplaxius sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    stephanidae   Megischus texanus   Stephanid Wasp    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    bethylidae   Unknown sp.   Bethylid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus sp.   Horse Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    myrmeleontidae   Mexoleon papago   Antlion araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black & Yellow Garden Spider       Gea heptagon   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver