The weather was hot and mostly sunny as twelve volunteers conducted this week's survey. A long-winged grasshopper nymph's short wings (actually wing buds) look quite different from those of an adult short-winged species. For short-winged katydids, wings of a female are simply ineffectual remnants while wings of a male are important because they produce the sounds with which the insects communicate. See examples of all four below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Caloptilia blandella (walnut caloptilia) photo by Val Bugh Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Dan Zinn Taphrocerus sp. (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Phyllophaga torta (June beetle) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, male) photo by Harriett Wolf Telebasis salva (desert firetail, male) photo by Pat Dittmar Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas short-winged grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, female) photo by Barbara Ribble Pediodectes haldemani (Haldeman's shieldback, male) photo by Val Bugh Pemphigus populitransversus (poplar petiole-gall aphids) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. & Aleuroplatus ovatus (two species of whitefly) photo by Val Bugh Polana quadrinotata (leafhopper, teneral & exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Mozena lunata (mesquite bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Dicromantispa sayi (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Promachus hinei (robber fly eating paper wasp) photo by Harriett Wolf Polyxenus sp. (bristly millipede) photo by Dan Zinn Sarinda hentzi & Camponotus sayi (antmimic jumper & carpenter ant) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail after ovipositing) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Misc.: Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.), larvae on harvestman Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & egg)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Bagisara rectifascia   Straight Lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth    erebidae   Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet    arctiidae   Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva & pupa)    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (eggs)       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Phycitodes reliquellum   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis levipedella   Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia blandella   Walnut Caloptilia    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Aneflomorpha tenuis   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Taphrocerus sp.   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Conotrachelus naso   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    aphididae   Pemphigus populitransversus   Poplar Petiole-gall Aphid    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    aleyrodidae   Aleuroplatus ovatus   Whitefly       Unknown sp.   Whitefly    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes bimaculata   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (adult, pupa & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma disjuncta   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops spetentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach       Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping spider       Sarinda hentzi   Antmimic Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Camptocosa parallela   Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    thomisidae   Misumessus oblongus   Crab Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider