It was hot and partly sunny as thirteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Unlike most leeches, members of the family erpobdellidae, such as the one shown below, do not feed on blood. They instead prey upon small aquatic invertebrates and can be found under rocks in the Family Garden stream. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal hatchlings & egg) photo by Pat Dittmar Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Harriett Wolf Phidippus pius (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Cycloptilum sp. (scaly cricket) photo by Val Bugh Megamelus sp. (planthoppers: adult & nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Julie Shaw Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by Dan Zinn Synchlora frondaria (southern emerald: pupa & eclosed adult) photo by Val Bugh Euchlaena marginaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Gerdana caritella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Fissicrambus sp. (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Spragueia jaguaralis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Pepsis sp. (spider wasp) photo by Pat Dittmar Dianthidium sp. (resin bee) photo by Val Bugh Megachile fortis (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Svastra petulca (digger bee) photo by Sam Fruehling Cylindrocopturus sp. (weevils mating) photo by Val Bugh Lema daturaphila (three-lined potato beetle) photo by Val Bugh Erpobdella sp. (leech) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), calling in Entry Pond Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.) Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus) Leech (Erpobdella sp.) Leech (Helobdella sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Rams-horn Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)    geometridae   Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (pupa)       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Euchlaena marginaria   Moth       Protoproutia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Loxostegopsis xanthocrypta   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    autostichidae   Gerdana caritella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Lema daturaphila   Three-lined Potato Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Cylindrocopturus sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen sp.   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Svastra petulca   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Neonemobius sp.   Ground Cricket (nymph)    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus pius   Jumping Spider       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider