Fifteen participants completed this week's survey. It was very warm, quite windy and mostly cloudy. Wasps are known to hunt garden pests such as grubs and caterpillars, but the adults do not eat their prey. Instead they provide it for their larvae. When adult wasps need nourishment, they feed on nectar, such as in the two examples shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Heliopetes macaira (Turk's-cap white-skipper) photo by Dan Hardy Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper) photo by Dan Hardy Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Julie Shaw Cydosia aurivitta (straight-lined cydosia) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma civile (familiar bluets in tandem) photo by Beth Kirkhart Centris atripes (digger bee) photo by Dan Hardy Svasta atripes (digger bee) photo by Julie Shaw Scolia dubia (scoliid wasp) photo by Beth Kirkhart Eumenes smithii (potter wasp) photo by Dan Hardy Polistes bellicosus (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda pennipes (feather-legged flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax & Neotephritis finalis (bold jumper eating fruit fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cryptothelea sp. (bagworm) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false skeletonizer larva) photo by Victoria Briseno Unknown sp. (hornworm) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid nymph) photo by Julie Shaw Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Bill Boyd Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), pair calling House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing (adult & larva)       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)       Heliopetes macaira   Turk's-cap White-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia arcigera   Arcigera Flower Moth       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird-dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Unknown sp.   Hornworm (larva)    geometridae   Caripeta triangulata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Pococera sp.   Moth       Tacoma feriella   Moth       Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer       Eurythmia angulella   Moth    tortricidae   Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth    lacturidae   Lactura pupula   Bumelia Leafworm Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm (larva)    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth       Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Mimosestes amicus   Bean Weevil    buprestidae   Paragrilus rugatulus   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Tachyporus jocosus   Rove Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euetheola humilis   Sugarcane Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Norvellina chenopodii   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura elegans   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Illinigina ilinoiensis   Leafhopper       Hymetta sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Svastra atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp       Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Notocyphus dorsalis   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Scoliid Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Agonocryptus discoidaloides   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum vittatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Juriniopsis adusta   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly       Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    tephritidae   Rhagoletis sp.   Fruit Fly       Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste quieta   Common Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx