Fourteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. Two moth photos shown below reveal eyes that do not reflect although a light was pointed at them. The insects' eyes have surface nanostructures that almost totally cut glare, a feature now being studied to create better smart phone screens and more efficient solar panels. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Tyrannus verticalis (western kingbird) photo by Barbara Ribble Trielis octomaculata (scoliid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Hoplisoides sp. (wasp) photo by Val Bugh Ammophila sp. (thread-waisted wasp) photo by Val Bugh Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp with katydid) photo by Val Bugh Anthrax irroratus (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Chariesterus antennator (euphorbia bug) photo by Val Bugh Narnia femorata (cactus bug) photo by Val Bugh Myrmeleon sp. (antlion larva) photo by Val Bugh Eupogonius pauper (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus punctulatus (pinetree spurthroat) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Spilosoma virginica (Virginian tiger moth larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Acrolophus sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Parachma ochracealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Micrathetis costiplaga (moth) photo by Val Bugh Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis costiplaga   Moth    erebidae   Hypena minualis   Moth    arctiidae   Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Pimaphera percata   Moth    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle    cocinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Eupogonius pauper   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nest)    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus   Sand Wasp       Hoplisoides sp.   Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Trielis octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Anthrax irroratus   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Mallophora leschenaulti   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Xanthomelanodes sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus punctulatus   Pinetree Spurthroat       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider