The morning was cool, breezy and sunny as twelve volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Most large bees seen at this time of year are carpenter bees (shown below), and not bumble bees. The former are solitary, and easily recognized by their shiny rear ends. The latter are social and the queens have not yet had time to raise their first brood of workers. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Graptemys versa (Texas map turtle) photo by Harriett Wolf Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Harriett Wolf Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Crematogaster laeviuscula (acrobat ants) photo by Val Bugh Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee) photo by Barbara Ribble Disholcaspis sp. (gall wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (midge: larva & adult) photo by Val Bugh Hydropsyche sp. (netspinning caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ground beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Lytta aenea (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Falconina gracilis (ant-mimic spider) photo by Val Bugh Steatoda triangulosa (checkered cobweb weaver) photo by Val Bugh Atteva aurea (ailanthus webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Friseria sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Adelphia petrella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Argyresthia alternatella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Litodonta hydromeli (prominent) photo by Val Bugh Aidemona azteca (Aztec spurthroat) photo by Val Bugh Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo scutes) photo by Val Bugh Picoides scalaris (ladder-backed woodpecker) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Inca Dove (Columbina inca) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), scattered bones Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Misc.: Slender Springtail (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Orthodes furtiva   Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (pupa)    geometridae   Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Orthonama obstipata   The Gem       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth    pyralidae   Etiella zinckenella   Gold-banded Etiella       Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Friseria sp.   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia alternatella   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella melanoclista   Tropical Fruitworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Diabrotica balteata   Banded Cucumber Beetle    meloidae   Lytta aenea   Blister Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle (larva)    curculionidae   Linogeraeus neglecta   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neocoelidia tumidifrons   Leafhopper (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    crabronidae   Liris sp.   Cricket Wasp    cynipidae   Disholcaspis sp.   Gall Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    ichneumonidae   Itoplectis conquisitor   Ichneumon diptera   tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge (adult & larva)    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia sp.   Dancer (naiad)       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Unknown sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver