The weather was hot and partly sunny as seventeen volunteers participated in this week's survey. While any insect with fully developed wings is an adult, the lack of that feature doesn't necessarily mean an individual is immature. The bird grasshoppers shown below are wingless because they are nymphs (they will have long wings when mature), but the mating pair of spur-throated grasshoppers are also wingless, yet obviously consenting, adults. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk, young male) photo by Joe Fernandes Libellula comanche (Comanche skimmer) photo by Joe Fernandes Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher obelisking) photo by Joe Fernandes Prionyx sp. & Mecaphesa sp. (thread-waisted wasp & crab spider) photo by Julie Shaw Unknown sp. (chalcid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Aidemona azteca (Aztec spurthroat nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Paraidemona sp. (spur-throated grasshoppers mating) photo by Wei-Li Huang Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Ceuthophilus sp. (camel cricket nymph) photo by Victoria Briseno Syrbula admirabilis & Gambusia affinis (handsome grasshopper nymph & mosquitofish) photo by Beth Kirkhart Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper) photo by Julie Shaw Parcoblatta fulvescens (fulvous wood roach, female) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Lithoseopsis hellmani (tropical barklouse) photo by Val Bugh Clastoptera octonotata (spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Platydracus sp. (rove beetle) photo by Anne Katula Hirundo rustica (barn swallow fledglings) photo by Harriett Wolf Coragyps atratus (black vulture) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren dust-bathing) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 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-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Rams-horn (Helisoma sp.) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio troilus   Spicebush Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)       Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Pyrausta sp.   Pyrausta Moth (larva)    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Cryptocephalus atrofasciatus   Leaf Beetle       Ophraella communa   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Platydracus sp.   Rove Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug       Clastoptera octonotata   Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper       Thionia acuta   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada       Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Pacarina puella   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp       Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant    chalcididae   Unknown sp.   Chalcid Wasp    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (larva)       Arge sp.   Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (pupa)    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (larva) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Libellula comanche   Comanche Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach       Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach       Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) psocoptera   amphientomidae   Lithoseopsis hellmani   Tropical Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider