It was a hot and sunny morning as six people participated in this week's survey. Mantises have an incomplete metamorphosis life cycle (no pupa). While nymphs do not have functional wings, the developing wing pads are very obvious, especially just before the insect molts for the last time and becomes an adult. See the comparison photos below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Ocyptamus fascipennis (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum mexicanum (black flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Dioprosopa clavata (flower fly pupa) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green lacewing larva) photo by Val Bugh Vanduzea sp., Solenopsis sp. & Brachymyrmex patagonicus (treehoppers, fire ants & rover ant) photo by Val Bugh Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Schizocerella lineata (argid sawfly) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda sanguinea (red lady beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Fernaldella fimetaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Untomia albistrigella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cedusa sp. (derbid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug, teneral) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, male nymph) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, adult male) photo by Val Bugh Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx eating honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider egg sac) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis caronlinensis) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Heliconius charithonia   Zebra Heliconian       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    riodinidae   Calephelis sp.   Metalmark    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Condica sutor   The Cobbler    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth    gelechiidae   Untomia albistrigella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (larva)       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    dytiscidae   Laccophilus maculosus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Smicronyx sp.   Weevil       Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    membracidae   Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)    derbidae   Cedusa sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidaee   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    argidae   Schizocerella lineata   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (pupa)       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus hesperus   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (adult & eggs)       Mangora placida   Orbweaver