Hot, mostly sunny weather accompanied this week's survey, conducted by a team of fifteen. The millipede shown below was thrashing about in an attempt to evade a small swarm of phorid flies. True to their common name, the goal of the Millipede-killing Flies is to lay eggs on the unfortunate target; the resulting larvae then feed internally before eventually killing their host. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Melissodes sp. (digger bee) photo by Sam Fruehling Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Dan Hardy Bombylius sp. (bee fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Anax junius (common green darner ovipositing) photo by Beth Kirkhart Enallagma civile (familiar bluet) photo by Val Bugh Lactura pupula (bumelia leafworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh caterpillar moth) photo by Julie Shaw Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail hatchling eating eggshell) photo by Val Bugh Vanduzea sp. & Solenopsis sp. (treehoppers & fire ants) photo by Barbara Ribble Arilus cristatus (wheel bug) photo by Val Bugh Niesthrea louisianica (scentless plant bug) photo by Beth Kirkhart Omophoita cyanipennis (flea beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Eleodes goryi (darkling beetle eating katydid leg) photo by Victoria Briseno Myriophora sp. & Aniulus sp. (millipede-killing flies & millipede) photo by Val Bugh Habronattus fallax (jumping spider eating leafhopper) photo by Victoria Briseno Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider eating ant) photo by Dan Hardy Phidippus audax (bold jumper eating seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Val Bugh Cheiracanthium inclusum (sac spider eating leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thmnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & eggs Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva & egg)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth    crambidae   Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Achyra bifidalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Loxostegopsis xanthocrypta   Moth    pyralidae   Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Mesophleps adustipennis   Soybean Webworm Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth    lacturidae   Lactura pupula   Bumelia Leafworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Scythris trivinctella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Anomoea rufifrons   Leaf Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    cerambycidae   Oncideres cingulata   Twig Girdler    staphylinidae   Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug       Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug (adult & nymph)       Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Erythroneura elegans   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper    flatidae   Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    membracidae   Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)       Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp       Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Bombylius sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Juriniopsis adusta   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    phoridae   Myriophora sp.   Millipede-killing Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick trichoptera   leptoceridae   Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider       Rhomphaea projiciens   Cobweb Weaver    pholcidae   Unknown sp.   Cellar Spider