Nine participants completed this week's survey under hot and mostly sunny conditions. The galls shown below on a Goldenrod leaf are created by midges. The midge larvae feed on the plant tissues inside the gall, which also contains a symbiotic fungus, whose spores are transported by the female midge. The fungus protects the midge larvae from attacks by parasitoid wasps. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Chlorion cyaneum (cockroach hunter with sand roach) photo by Julie Shaw Arenivaga sp. (sand roach, female) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen superbus & Pacarina puella (two species of cicada) photo by Val Bugh Myodocha serripes (long-necked seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Cryptocephalus leucomelas (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk, male) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper) photo by Dan Zinn Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Dolba hyloeus (pawpaw sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Loxomorpha flavidissimalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Urola nivalis (snowy urola) photo by Val Bugh Sigela sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria zygotaria (emerald) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen pupa) photo by Val Bugh Asteromyia carbonifera (gall midge larval galls) photo by Val Bugh Oxyopes acleistus (lynx spider, male) photo by Barbara Ribble Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Tyrannus forficatus (very wet scissor-tailed flycatcher) photo by Pat Dittmar Poecilia latipinna (sailfin mollies courting) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & pupa)       Asterocampa sp.   Emperor    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Bagisara rectifascia   Straight Lined Mallow Moth (larva)    erebidae   Sigela sp.   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva & pupa)    sphingidae   Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Loxomorpha flavidissimalis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Pelochrista metariana   Leafroller Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Cryptocephalus leucomelas   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    mordellidae   Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    scarabaeidae   Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius frontalis   Leafhopper       Neocoelidia tumidifrons   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    coccidae   Pulvinaria innumerabilis   Cottony Maple Scale    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    cicadidae   Pacarina puella   Cicada       Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Svastra sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma disjuncta   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (larva) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Argia sedula   Blue-ringed Dancer    lestidae   Lestes forficula   Rainpool Spreadwing    libellulidae   Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus niveus   Narrow-winged Tree Cricket blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Nodita americana   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider