Eight volunteers completed this week's survey; the weather was hot and partly sunny. The workers in a bumble bee hive are all female, but once the colony is large enough to support them, males (drones) are produced from the queen's unfertilized eggs. As shown below, the males lack pollen baskets, have different coloration, and are a little larger than workers. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Arethaea sp. (thread-legged katydid) photo by Val Bugh Amblycorypha huasteca (Texas false katydid) photo by Val Bugh Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Placosternus difficilis (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee: worker & drone) photo by Val Bugh Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (eupelmid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva) photo by Val Bugh Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor) photo by Barbara Ribble Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Harriett Wolf Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Dan Zinn Uloborus glomosus (feather-legged orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (young Texas spotted whiptail eating caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Val Bugh Graptemys versa (Texas map turtle) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) 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) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing (larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Ponometia fasciatella   Moth    erebidae   Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   cerambycidae   Placosternus difficilis   Longhorn Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Clover Stem Borer    dytiscidae   Neoporus dimidiatus   Predaceous Diving Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia scrupulosa   Lace Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Neocoelidia tumidifrons   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    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 sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    eupelmidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp diptera   asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pantala sp.   Glider       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg & larva) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus puerpera   Jumping Spider       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver