It was hot, humid and partly cloudy as eleven volunteers completed this week's survey. The golden tortoise beetle shown below doesn't seem to live up to its name. In fact, this individual was frightened and so withdrew the liquid that normally makes its carapace metallic gold, leaving a clear shell to present predators with the underlying warning colors of a distasteful lady beetle. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bicyrtes ventralis (sand wasp) photo by Val Bugh Triepeolus sp. (cuckoo bee) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper eating honey bee) photo by Barbara Ribble Misumessus lappi (crab spider) photo by Joe Fernandes Amblyomma maculatum (gulf coast tick) photo by Val Bugh Euclea incisa (oak slug moth) photo by Val Bugh Aetole tripunctella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lipocosma polingi (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper, female) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Sam Fruehling Celotes nessus (common streaky-skipper, rather tattered) photo by Val Bugh Calephelis nemesis (fatal metalmark) photo by Dan Zinn Eacles imperialis (imperial moth larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea sp. (thread-legged katydid) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walking stick nymph) photo by Val Bugh Cryptocephalus atrofasciatus (leaf beetle) photo by Barbara Ribble Charidotella sexpunctata (golden tortoise beetle) photo by Val Bugh Archilochus colubris (ruby-throated hummingbird) photo by Dan Zinn Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo) photo by Joe Fernandes Birds: Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), fresh tracks Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mites (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Spider Mites (Unknown sp.) Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    riodinidae   Calephelis nemesis   Fatal Metalmark    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Celotes nessus   Common Streaky-skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Matigramma sp.   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth (larva)    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Digrammia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Glaphyria fulminalis   Black-patched Glaphyria       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta sp.   Pyrausta Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Baphala pallida   Moth       Dioryctria sp.   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth    tortricidae   Cochylis sp.   Moth    peleopodidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus atrofasciatus   Leaf Beetle       Charidotella sexpunctata   Golden Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle       Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus palliatus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle       Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle    anthribidae   Euparius marmoreus   Fungus Weevil       Toxonotus cornutus   Fungus Weevil    brentidae   Cylas formicarius   Sweet Potato Weevil    curculionidae   Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil       Gerstaeckeria sp.   Cactus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    cymidae   Cymodema breviceps   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Thyanta maculata   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Stelis sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus   Sand Wasp       Bicyrtes ventralis   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex pennsylvanica   Great Black Wasp       Isodontia sp.   Grass-carrying Wasp    pompilidae   Notocyphus dorsalis   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Dasymutilla sp.   Velvet Ant    evaniidae   Evania appendigaster   Ensign Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Mallophora leschenaulti   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion araneae   araneidae   Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider