Nine volunteers completed this week's survey; conditions were hot and partly sunny. Lovebugs, a type of fly, are almost never seen alone; that common name comes from the fact that they seem to always be mating. The unusually solitary individual shown below is a male, distinguished by his enormous compound eyes that cover most of his head. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Eumorpha fasciatus (banded sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Acronicta lepetita (dagger moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larvae) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue) photo by Val Bugh Schinia chrysellus (broomweed flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Aleiodes politiceps (braconid wasp) photo by Barbara Ribble Plecia nearctica (lovebug, male) photo by Val Bugh Senopterina caerulescens (signal fly) photo by Dan Zinn Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Barbara Ribble Libellula pulchella (twelve-spotted skimmer) photo by Val Bugh Epicauta sp. (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Pasimachus californicus (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (stink bug eggs) photo by Val Bugh Chinavia hilare (green stink bug hatchlings) photo by Val Bugh Arhyssus sp. (scentless plant bug hatchlings) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus (wheel bug) photo by Barbara Ribble Cyrpoptus sp. (fulgorid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Prairiana orizaba (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus & Pediodectes bruneri (striped bark scorpion eating Bruner shieldback's head) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Acronicta lepetita   Dagger Moth (larva)       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    sphingidae   Eumorpha fasciatus   Banded Sphinx (larva)    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Lobopoda sp.   Comb-clawed Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle       Epicauta sp.   Blister Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug (egg & nymph)    tingidae   Teleonemia scrupulosa   Lace Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia marginata   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Prairiana orizaba   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    fulgoridae   Cyrpoptus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp       Aleiodes politiceps   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Atacta brasiliensis   Tachinid Fly    ulidiidae   Notogramma sp.   Picture-winged Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Trupanea sp.   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    phoridae   Unknown sp.   Scuttle Fly    bibionidae   Plecia nearctica   Lovebug    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula pulchella   Twelve-spotted Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Pantala sp.   Glider    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Ishnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Ground Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver