Fourteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey; a cool, sunny morning warmed up quickly after heavy rain the previous night. Although it superficially resembles a crane fly, the hangingfly shown below is a predator related to scorpionflies. Both insects in this small order (mecoptera) have elongated faces and, unlike true flies, possess four wings instead of just two. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe with red admiral) photo by Joe Fernandes Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Dan Zinn Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Barbara Ribble Molothrus ater (brown-headed cowbird) photo by Sam Fruehling Tyrannus forficatus (scissor-tailed flycatcher) photo by Dan Zinn Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Dan Zinn Acronicta lobeliae (lobelia dagger larva) photo by Val Bugh Charadra dispulsa (moth larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Digrammia sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye pupa & adult) photo by Harriett Wolf Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary) photo by Sam Fruehling Fazia micrura (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Ocyptamus fuscipennis (flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Ceratina cockerelli (small carpenter bee) photo by Julie Shaw Libellula saturata (flame skimmer) photo by Joe Fernandes Bittacus punctiger (hangingfly) photo by Val Bugh Tylospilus acutissimus (predatory stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Thionia acuta (issid planthopper nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Bufo nebulifer (Gulf coast toad tadpole) photo by Val Bugh Gambusia affinis (mosquitofish) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), fresh tracks Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Marsh Slug (Deroceras laeve) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult, pupa & larva)       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm (larva)       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Charadra dispulsa   Moth (larva)       Acronicta lobeliae   Lobelia Dagger (larva)       Ponometia sp.   Bird Dropping Moth (larva)       Cucullia laetifica   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Peridea angulosa   Angled Prominent (larva)       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)       Heterocampa umbrata   White-blotched Heterocampa (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)       Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth (larva)       Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth    geometridae   Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Episemasia cervinaria   Inchworm (larva)       Digrammia sp.   Moth (larva)       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth (larva)    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea lecontei   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Brachycoryna pumila   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle    cantharidae   Malthinus occipitalis   Soldier Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab    curculionidae   Smicronyx quadrifer   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Tylospilus acutissimus   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper (nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Ceratina cockerelli   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Ancistrocerus unifasciatus   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatus   Black Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly       Fazia micrura   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia illucens   Black Soldier Fly       Hermetia reinhardi   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    sciomyzidae   Dictya sp.   Marsh Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Unknown sp.   Damselfly (exuviae)    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula saturata   Flame Skimmer       Unknown sp.   Skimmer (exuviae)    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner (exuviae) orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Red Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) mecoptera   bittacidae   Bittacus punctiger   Hangingfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider