It was very hot and sunny as seven volunteers conducted this week's survey. Adult lady beetles are easy to recognize, but their other life stages are not always so familiar. The larvae (see example below) are, like the adults, voracious predators of aphids and other tiny insects. Beetles develop through complete metamorphosis, so there is an immobile pupa stage, also shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Harriett Wolf Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Val Bugh Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Pat Dittmar Masticophis flagellum testaceus (western coachwhip) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta inornatalis (inornate pyrausta moth) photo by Val Bugh Blastobasis glandulella (acorn moth) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Dan Zinn Cycloneda sanguinea (red lady beetle larva & pupa) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer) photo by Barbara Ribble Telebasis salva (desert firetail) photo by Dan Zinn Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper: brown form male) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper: green form female) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes bruneri (Bruner shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes nigromarginatus (black-margined shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Maevia poultoni (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus carolinensis (Carolina jumper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (earthworm) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) 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) Reptiles: Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Misc.: Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus), immature Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult, pupa & larva) hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Ant (male) diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (adult & pupa)    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Satellite Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Mallophora leschenaulti   Robber Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) araneae   araneidae   Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider