The weather was hot, humid and mostly cloudy as seven volunteers completed this week's survey. The extra appendages that insects possess are sometimes located in unusual, but advantageous, places. The photo below of the feasting bird grasshopper shows the insect using its palps, little arm-like structures next to its mouth, to help guide the plant into its jaws. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas short-winged grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshoppers mating) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula admirabilis (handsome grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph eating ruellia) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea sp. (thread-legged katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus sp. (tree cricket, teneral male with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala femorata (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (shield bug eggs) photo by Val Bugh Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito drinking human blood) photo by Val Bugh Megachile exilis (slender resin bee) photo by Val Bugh Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Solenopsis invicta & Chalybion sp. (imported fire ants eating dead wasp) photo by Val Bugh Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus & Brachymyrmex patagonicus (cocklebur weevil & rover ants eating sunflower) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryi (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta laticlavia (southern purple mint moth) photo by Val Bugh Fernaldella fimetaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Automeris io (Io moth) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, male) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis marcianus marcianus (checkered garter snake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus marcianus) 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       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm (larva)       Oiketicus abbotii   Bagworm (pupa) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus   Cocklebur Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala femorata   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug       Unknown sp.   Shield Bug (eggs)    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   spider Wasp    mutillidae   Dasymutilla sp.   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    ichneumonidae   Trogomorpha arrogans   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    rhagionidae   Chrysopilus sp.   Snipe Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia translata   Dusky Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (adult & nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider