The morning was hot and sunny as ten volunteers contributed to this week's survey. When a male dragonfly naiad molts and leaves the water as an adult, it usually at first resembles a female. Only after a few days do the brilliant mature colors develop. Two Neon Skimmers shown below illustrate this amazing change. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Promachus hinei (robber fly) photo by Dan Zinn Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin) photo by Val Bugh Zelus tetracanthus (four-spined assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Phylloscelis atra (black leaf-leg) photo by Val Bugh Metcalfa pruinosa (teneral citrus planthoppers with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, teneral & mature males) photo by Dan Zinn Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Dan Zinn Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent) photo by Val Bugh Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Harriett Wolf Cisthene tenuifascia (thin-banded lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Petrophila jaliscalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Paederus sp. (rove beetle) photo by Val Bugh Trogomorpha arrogans (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Auplopus mellipes (spider wasp) photo by Barbara Ribble Lepisosteus oculatus (spotted gar) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent (adult & larva)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio troilus   Spicebush Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (adult & larva)       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)    geometridae   Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cochylis sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia murtfeldtella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Anomoea sp.   Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    staphylinidae   Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    anthribidae   Euparius marmoreus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena obtusa   Mesquite Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Phera insolita   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomytra microrhina   Planthopper (nymph)       Phylloscelis atra   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    coccidae   Parthenolecanium sp.   Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Ceratina cobaltina   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Auplopus mellipes   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    ichneumonidae   Trogomorpha arrogans   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (pupa)    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus fasciatus   Slender Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket       Neonemobius mormonius   Mormon Ground Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Nodita americana   Green Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider