An eight-person team endured yet another hot and sunny morning to complete this week's survey. All the workers in a bumble bee colony are females. Males (see example below), produced from the queen's unfertilized eggs, are larger than the workers and have more yellow. They also have seven abdominal segments, compared to the workers' six. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Pat Dittmar Amorpha juglandis (walnut sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Amyelois transitella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (southern emerald) photo by Val Bugh Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee, male) photo by Barbara Ribble Unknown sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (gall wasp) photo by Val Bugh Melanoliarus sp. (cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Eritettix abortivus (Texas short-winged slant-faced grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walkingstick nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pachybrachis turbidus (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer, immature male) photo by Val Bugh Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer, mature male) photo by Pat Dittmar Tramea onusta (red saddlebags) photo by Dan Zinn Helicina orbiculata (globular drop) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & egg)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    sphingidae   Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx       Amorpha juglandis   Walnut Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Desmia sp.   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    peleopodidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica balteata   Banded Cucumber Beetle       Plagiometriona clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   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       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walkingstick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx