A team of sixteen completed this week's survey under hot, humid and mostly cloudy conditions. Velvet ants belong to a family of wasps in which only the males have wings. The females have a powerful sting and aposematic colors that help protect them as they wander about on the ground. Though they rarely stop moving, the individual shown below was offered a drop of honey; she settled down for several minutes to feed. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri (Texas rat snake) photo by Beth Kirkhart Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Dan Hardy Eleodes goryi (darkling beetle eating ant carcass) photo by Val Bugh Moneilema armatum (cactus longhorn) photo by Barbara Ribble Labidomera clivicollis (milkweed leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Asphaera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Wei-Li Huang Aleuroplatus ovatus (whitefly nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Chlorion cyaneum (cockroach hunter digging nest) photo by Val Bugh Bicyrtes quadrifasciata (sand wasp) photo by Julie Shaw Dasymutilla vesta (velvet ant female) photo by Val Bugh Aethes seriatana (seriated aethes moth) photo by Val Bugh Antaeotricha humilis (dotted antaeotricha moth) photo by Val Bugh Glyphidocera lactiflosella (five-spotted glyphidocera) photo by Val Bugh Asterocampa celtis & Asterocampa clyton (hackberry emperor & tawny emperor larvae) photo by Val Bugh Pareuchaetes insulata (yellow-winged pareuchaetes larva) photo by Val Bugh Euclea incisa (oak slug) photo by Dan Hardy Automeris io (Io moth larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Fish: Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (pupa & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (adult & larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult, pupa & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (pupa)       Papilio troilus   Spicebush Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Unknown sp.   Spreadwing Skipper (larva)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    arctiidae   Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva & eggs)    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug (larva)    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    psychidae   Oiketicus abbotii   Bagworm (larva)    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Labidomera clivicollis   Milkweed Leaf Beetle       Unknown sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn       Aneflomorpha tenuis   Longhorn Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Cylindrocopturus sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus luridus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (eggs)    cercopidae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    membracidae   Acutalis sp.   Treehopper    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper    aleyrodidae   Aleuroplatus ovatus   Whitefly (adult & nymph)    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp       Psammaletes sp.   Planthopper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Tachypompilus sp.   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Dasymutilla vesta   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    ichneumonidae   Lanugo retentor   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Cyrtoxipha columbiana   Columbian Trig blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach       Ischnoptera bilunata   Cockroach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula