A team of seven completed this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. Inexperienced birders can be confused when they see a bird that doesn't match the typical adult form. The scruffy look of the young male Lesser Goldfinch shown below won't earn him a portrait in a field guide, but it is a temporary state; once he finishes molting, he will have the usual elegant black and yellow plumage. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Unknown sp. (midge) photo by Val Bugh Geron sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Tachysphex sp. (digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Chalybion sp. (blue mud dauber) photo by Val Bugh Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo) photo by Barbara Ribble Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Harriett Wolf Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko) photo by Val Bugh Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch, molting young male) photo by Barbara Ribble Dolomedes triton (fishing spider) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Potamyia flava (netspinning caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia fasciatella (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Glaphyria fulminalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Petrophila jaliscalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (skipper larva & egg shell) photo by Val Bugh Neoconocephalus triops (broad-tipped conehead katydid) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevil) photo by Val Bugh Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) photo by Val Bugh Dicromantispa sayi (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 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) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), dead Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, egg & larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & pupa)    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Unknown sp.   Skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Ponometia fasciatella   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Euacidalia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Glaphyria fulminalis   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    tortricidae   Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix    gelechiidae   Anacampsis conclusella   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Cryptocephalus leucomelas   Leaf Beetle       Plagiometriona clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    brentidae   Cylas formicarius   Sweet Potato Weevil    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp       Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   spider Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber 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       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Neoconocephalus triops   Broad-tipped Conehead    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) neuroptera   mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider