It was hot and sunny as thirteen people participated in this week's survey. One of the most obvious clues to the identification of damselflies is often color. However, for many species, this is useful for only mature males. As shown in three examples below, smaller details of pattern must be used to separate the more discreetly colored females and juvenile males. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Uloborus glomosus (feather-legged orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Amblytropidia mysteca (brown winter grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Argia translata (dusky dancer) photo by Val Bugh Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer) photo by Val Bugh Argia plana (springwater dancer) photo by Val Bugh Diplostethus texanus (click beetle) photo by Val Bugh Disonycha fumata (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Mordellina pustulata (tumbling flower beetle) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Val Bugh Thessalia theona (theona checkerspot pupa) photo by Val Bugh Eumorpha vitis (vine sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Andricus quercusfoliatus (leafy oak galls) photo by Val Bugh Belonocnema treatae (leaf galls) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum tamaulipanum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum vittatum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Anthomyia illocata (root maggot fly) photo by Val Bugh Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 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) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpole Misc.: Spider Mite (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Thessalia theona   Theona Checkerspot (pupa)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis statira   Statira Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (egg)       Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Loxostegopsis xanthocrypta   Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth    pasychidae   Oiketicus abbotii   Bagworm (pupa)    heliodinidae   Aetole sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Disonycha fumata   Flea Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    cocinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellina pustulata   Tumbling Flower Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Minixi sp.   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    mutillidae   Dasymutilla sp.   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant    cynipidae   Andricus quercusfoliatus   Leafy Oak Gall (galls)       Belonocnema treatae   Leaf Gall (galls) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum vittatum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Paradidyma sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    anthomyiidae   Anthomyia illocata   Root Maggot Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (galls) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    araneidae   Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider