A team of ten volunteers completed this week's survey under hot and partly sunny conditions. One of the best allies that plants have in the war on herbivores is the flower fly larva shown below. The green and white maggot crawls about on leaves, greedily consuming aphids. The adult fly is a pollinator. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider with babies) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (meshweb weaver) photo by Val Bugh Anax junius (common green darner ovipositing) photo by Dan Zinn Sphecodes sp. (sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Dan Zinn Arhyssus sp. (scentless plant bug eggs hatching) photo by Val Bugh Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug nymph) photo by Dan Zinn Sphyrocoris obliquus (shield bug) photo by Val Bugh Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail, rather worn) photo by Val Bugh Heliopetes laviana (laviana white-skipper, very worn) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue, pristine) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes interrupta (moth) photo by Val Bugh Nerice bidentata (double-toothed prominent) photo by Val Bugh Altica sp. (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Sphaenothecus bivittata (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula montezuma (Montezuma's grasshopper) photo by Barbara Ribble Dioprosopa clavata (flower fly larva with prey) photo by Val Bugh Bradybaena similaris (land snail) photo by Val Bugh Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog & toad tadpole) photo by Harriett Wolf Polioptila caerulea (blue-gray gnatcatcher) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), tracks Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Heliconius charithonia   Zebra Heliconian       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Heliopetes laviana   Laviana White-skipper    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth    notodontidae   Nerice bidentata   Double-toothed Prominent    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    gelechiidae   Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Altica sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    curculionidae   Lixus sp.   Weevil       Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (nymph)       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug       Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug (egg & nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen resh   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Sphecodes sp.   Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva)       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    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       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus puerpera   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider