After a relatively cool dawn, the morning was hot and sunny as eleven participants completed this week's survey. The red globs on the Digrammia sp. moth shown below are the parasitic larvae of erythraeid mites feeding on fluids of the host, similar to how wood ticks feed on mammal blood. As adults, the mites are free-living predators of small insects and other arthropods. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Periplaneta americana (American cockroach) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula montezuma (Montezuma's grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Pat Dittmar Cosmopepla lintneriana (stink bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Jadera haematoloma (red-shouldered bug) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen superbus (superb cicada) photo by Val Bugh Lepisosteus oculatus (spotted gar) photo by Pat Dittmar Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch) photo by Val Bugh Oiketicus abbotii (bagworm larva) photo by Val Bugh Hypoprepia miniata (scarlet-winged lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Acleris minuta (yellow-headed fireworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Inga cretacea & Durrantia piperatella (moths) photo by Val Bugh Potamyia flava (netspinning caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Euodynerus hidalgo (mason wasp hunting) photo by Val Bugh Dolomedes triton (fishing spider) photo by Harriett Wolf Unknown sp. (mite larvae on moth) photo by Val Bugh Polioptila caerulea (blue-gray gnatcatcher) photo by Dan Zinn Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Barbara Ribble Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Dan Zinn Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi texana) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mites (Unknown sp.), larvae on moth Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    erebidae   Hypenula cacuminalis   Long-horned Owlet    arctiidae   Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (adult & larva)       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Unknown sp.   Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Tallula atrifascialis   Moth    tortricidae   Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Pelochrista metariana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Friseria acaciella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    peleopodidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    psychidae   Oiketicus abbotii   Bagworm (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Strongylium hemistriatum   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug       Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nest)       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus   Sand Wasp       Bicyrtes viduatus   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Tachypompilus sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Mallophora leschenaulti   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia translata   Dusky Dancer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    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       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket blattodea   blattidae   Periplaneta americana   American Cockroach trichopoda   hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider