A team of eleven participated in this week's survey under hot and partly sunny conditions. The flower longhorns are a subfamily of beetles that, as you might expect, visit blossoms, where they both feed and pollinate. The example shown below is a convincing wasp mimic, which helps it escape predation. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Woodhouse's scrub-jay) photo by Dan Zinn Buteo platypterus (juvenile broad-winged hawk feathers) photo by Barbara Ribble Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer) photo by Val Bugh Boopedon gracile (graceful range grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chilocorus stigma (twice-stabbed lady beetle: top & bottom views) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (argid sawfly larva & cocoon) photo by Val Bugh Anavitrinella atristrigaria (gulf coast gray larva) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false skeletonizer larva) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes sp. (potter wasp nests) photo by Val Bugh Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by Dan Zinn Strangalia virilis (flower longhorn) photo by Val Bugh Neoclytus scutellaris (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Psellidotus sp. (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Hyptia sp. (ensign wasp) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus (wheel bug) photo by Val Bugh Zelus tetracanthus (four-spined assassin bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia conica (acanaloniid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Euglandina singleyana (striate wolf snail) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Dan Zinn Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus), wing feathers of juvenile Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Metria amella   Live Oak Metria (larva)       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)    geometridae   Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray (larva)    crambidae   Desmia sp.   Moth (larva)    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth    psychidae   Oiketicus abbotii   Bagworm Moth (larva)    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Chilocorus stigma   Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Neoclytus scutellaris   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatus   Cactus Longhorn       Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Helops farctus   Darkling Beetle       Unknown sp.   Darkling Beetle (larva)    scarabaeidae   Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug       Arhyssus sp.   scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper       Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)       Flatormenis sp.   Planthopper    coccidae   Parthenolecanium sp.   Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nests)       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica   Velvet Ant    evaniidae   Hyptia sp.   Ensign Wasp    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (larva & pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes sinuosa   Bee Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    bibionidae   Plecia nearctica   Lovebug    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider