We had a cold and sunny morning as seven volunteers completed this week's survey. Many female spiders, such as the Striped Lynx shown below, guard their eggs. The Nursery Web Spider is so named because that is the only reason it makes a web; it is otherwise a wandering hunter. The very pregnant individual shown below has just started creating her 'nursery web,' which will help her protect both the eggs and hatchlings. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Parazumia symmorpha (mason wasp) photo by Val Bugh Osmia subfasciata (mason bee) photo by Val Bugh Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch) photo by Val Bugh Archips argyrospila (fruit tree leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Archips semiferana (oak leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Entomobrya atrocincta & Archips georgiana (slender springtail & leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Adaina ambrosiae (ambrosia plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta volupialis (pyrausta moth) photo by Val Bugh Phosphila miselioides (spotted phosphila larva) photo by Val Bugh Heterocampa unbrata (white-blotched heterocampa larva) photo by Val Bugh Ceresa sp. (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper nymph) photo by Dan Zinn Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug adult & nymph) photo by Dan Zinn Hypsosinga rubens (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx guarding egg sac) photo by Val Bugh Pisaurina mira (nursery web spider) photo by Val Bugh Dyscrasis hendeli (picture-winged fly) photo by Val Bugh Hippodamia convergens (convergent lady beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Olla v-nigrum (ashy gray lady beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Reticulitermes sp. (subterranean termite alates) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Slender Springtail (Entomobrya atrocincta) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth    erebidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Heterocampa umbrata   White-blotched Heterocampa (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Unknown sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth    gelechiidae   Brachyacma palpigera   Soybean Webworm Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (larva)    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Osmia subfasciata   Mason Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Parazumia symmorpha   Mason Wasp    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    sepsidae   Sepsis sp.   Black Scavenger Fly    ulidiidae   Dyscrasis hendeli   Picture-winged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite (alate) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) araneae   tetragnathidae   Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    corinnidae   Trachelas sp.   Spider    araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    pisauridae   Pisaurina mira   Nursery Web Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider