It was quite warm and sunny as eighteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Butterflies called grass skippers are unique among lepidoptera in the ability to hold their wings separately at four different angles (see examples below). This curious basking posture is sometimes called the "jet-plane position." Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer ovipositing) photo by Joe Fernandes Tramea onusta (red saddlebags) photo by Pat Dittmar Plinthocoelium suaveolens (bumelia borer) photo by Joe Fernandes Harmostes reflexulus (scentless plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Tachypompilus sp. (spider wasp) photo by Val Bugh Augochlorella sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Julie Shaw Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Barbara Ribble Rafaelia rufiventris (flesh fly) photo by Julie Shaw Coccyzus americanus (yellow-billed cuckoo) photo by Harriett Wolf Archilochus sp. (hummingbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hirundo rustica (barn swallow) photo by Sam Fruehling Tyrannus verticalis (western kingbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's roadside-skipper) photo by Erin Cannon Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Sam Fruehling Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Val Bugh Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick, female) photo by Val Bugh Maevia poultoni (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ground spider) photo by Val Bugh Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula) photo by Julie Shaw Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates 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-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Heliothis phloxiphaga   Darker-spotted Straw Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Baphala pallida   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth    psychidae   Oiketicus abbotii   Bagworm (larva)    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Trigonotylus sp.   Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen sp.   Cicada (exuviae) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes apachus   Apache Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp       Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Tachypompilus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant    perilampidae   Unknown sp.   Perilampid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly       Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    sarcophagidae   Rafaelia rufiventris   Flesh Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia reinhardi   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (pupa) araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula