Seven volunteers completed this week's survey under hot and mostly sunny conditions. When katydids mate, the male attaches an elaborate spermatophore to the female (see image below). The white glob includes a protein-rich spermatophylax that the female will eat, giving the sperm, along with substances to reduce receptivity to other males, time to transfer from the ampulla. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pepsis sp. (tarantula hawks mating) photo by Harriett Wolf Efferia sp. (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Dan Zinn Colonus hesperus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Platycryptus undatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider eating grasshopper) photo by Dan Zinn Archilochus sp. (hummingbird) photo by Barbara Ribble Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Harriett Wolf Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Barbara Ribble Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail eating grasshopper) photo by Harriett Wolf Callibaetis sp. (small minnow mayfly) photo by Val Bugh Argia translata (dusky dancer) photo by Val Bugh Oncometopia orbona & Homalodisca vitripennis (our largest leafhoppers) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid, female with spermatophore) photo by Val Bugh Eumorpha fasciatus (banded sphinx larva, green form) photo by Val Bugh Eumorpha fasciatus (banded sphinx larva, yellow form) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent larvae) photo by Val Bugh Thorybes pylades (northern cloudywing larva) photo by Val Bugh Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichtys cyanoguttatus) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent (larva)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper (pupa)       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing (larva)       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    sphingidae   Eumorpha fasciatus   Banded Sphinx (larva)    crambidae   Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth       Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Anisostena sp.   Leaf Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina cockerelli   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Tachypompilus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Colonus hesperus   Jumping Spider       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver