The weather was cool and cloudy, then sunny and breezy for this week's survey with eleven participants. The ant shown below is tending aphids to harvest honeydew. Aphids also sometimes discharge defensive lipids from the paired tubes, or cornicles, on their backs; in this case both substances appear white, hence the three dots on each insect. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona arabesca (arabesque orbweaver) photo by Barbara Ribble Acanalonia conica (planthopper nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Crematogaster laeviuscula (acrobat ant tending aphids) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda munda (lady beetle eating aphids) photo by Val Bugh Melissodes sp. (digger bee) photo by Val Bugh Saygorytes sp. (planthopper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Cosmia calami (American dun-bar moth) photo by Val Bugh Compsolechia crescentifasciella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Val Bugh Heterocampa umbrata (white-blotched heterocampa larva) photo by Val Bugh Lygaeus kalmii (small milkweed bug) photo by Val Bugh Xyonysius sp. (seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Calocoris barberi (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug nymph & adult) photo by Val Bugh Gratiana pallidula (eggplant tortoise beetle) photo by Val Bugh Zonitis sp. (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Epicaerus sp. (broad-nosed weevils mating) photo by Val Bugh Acmaeodera ornatoides (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Bubo virginianus (great horned owl fledgling) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Cosmia calami   American Dun-bar Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth    erebidae   Bulia deducta   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Heterocampa umbrata   White-blotched Heterocampa (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Loxomorpha flavidissimalis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    momphidae   Mompha sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga sparsiciliella   Black-marked Inga    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (adult & larva)    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    meloidae   Zonitis sp.   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Smicronyx quadrifer   weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Xyonysius sp.   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Slaterocoris sp.   Plant Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp       Saygorytes sp.   Planthopper Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Aleiodes sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Polybiomyia bellardii   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    bibionidae   Plecia nearctica   Lovebug    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysopa quadripunctata   Green Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider