Hot and mostly sunny weather greeted our six participants for this week's survey. Male dragonflies often have brilliant colors that are quite different from the females. Upon emerging from their aquatic larval skins, some species' males resemble their mates and take several days to acquire mature hues. The Pondhawk shown below has almost completed the transition from green to blue. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk, young male) photo by Val Bugh Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer, male) photo by Val Bugh Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer, male) photo by Val Bugh Telebasis salva (desert firetail, female) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus oileus (tropical checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Nastra julia (Julia's skipper) photo by Val Bugh Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper larva) photo by Val Bugh Lipocosma polingi (moth) photo by Val Bugh Tallula watsoni (moth) photo by Val Bugh Euclea incisa (oak slug moth) photo by Val Bugh Paralobesia viteana (grape berry moth) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Atomosia melanopogon (robber fly) photo by Barbara Ribble Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee worker exiting nest) photo by Barbara Ribble Oecleus sp. (cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Kuschelina petaurista (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cryptocephalus fulguratus (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Cycloptilum sp. (scaly cricket) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & exuviae)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    riodinidae   Calephelis sp.   Metalmark    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper (adult & larva)       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus oileus   Tropical Checkered-skipper       Heliopetes macaira   Turk's-cap White-skipper    erebidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pimaphera percata   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Lipocosma polingi   Moth    pyralidae   Tallula watsoni   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Platynota sp.   Platynota Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle       Kuschelina petaurista   Flea Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada       Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina cockerelli   Small Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    braconidae   Atanycolus sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Sybula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Sarinda hentzi   Antmimic Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    gnaphosidae   Sergiolus sp.   Ground Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black & Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider