Nine volunteers completed this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. The two large katydids pictured below have very different lifestyles, reflected in their varied coloration. While the true katydid lives in live oak trees, feasting on leaves, the shieldback is a predator that hunts its insect prey on the ground. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phoebis sennae & Phoebis statira (cloudless & statira sulphurs) photo by Sam Fruehling Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Barbara Ribble Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing) photo by Dan Zinn Anavitrinella atristrigaria (gulf coast gray) photo by Val Bugh Lithacodes fasciola (yellow-shouldered slug moth) photo by Val Bugh Spragueia guttata (spotted spragueia moth) photo by Val Bugh Calliprora sexstrigella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Catorhintha selector (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Mozena lunata (mesquite bug male) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmers mating) photo by Dan Zinn Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes nigromarginata (black-margined shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Paracyrtophyllus robustus (truncated true katydid) photo by Val Bugh Gasteracantha cancriformis (spiny-backed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Tyrannus forficatus (scissor-tailed flycatcher juvenile & adult) photo by Pat Dittmar Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 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) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus), adults with young Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Phoebis statira   Statira Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper (adult & larva)       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird-dropping Moth    erebidae   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)       Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx    limacodidae   Lithacodes fasciola   Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Pelochrista metariana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Brachyacma palpigera   Soybean Webworm Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Drymus crassus   Seed Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes bimaculata   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Dasymutilla sp.   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider