The morning was hot and sunny as sixteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey. The striking magenta color of the Roseate Skimmer shown below results from a dusty bluish pruinose coating that develops over the dragonfly's red body. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Orchelimum silvaticum (long-spurred meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner with grasshopper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Julie Shaw Dianthidium sp. (resin bee) photo by Sam Fruehling Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee) photo by Bill Boyd Polistes exclamans (paper wasp nest) photo by Harriett Wolf Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Joe Fernandes Calycopis isobeon (dusky-blue groundstreak) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Barbara Ribble Euphyes vestris (dun skipper) photo by Sam Fruehling Nastra julia (Julia's skipper) photo by Julie Shaw Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph larva) photo by Val Bugh Aedes aegypti & Aedes albopictus (yellow-fever & Asian tiger mosquitoes) photo by Val Bugh Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer) photo by Julie Shaw Dicromantispa sayi (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver) photo by Barbara Ribble Pelegrina pervaga (jumping spider) photo by Erin Cannon Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Sam Fruehling Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.), larvae on damselfly Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       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   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio sp.   Swallowtail (pupa)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)    erebidae   Goniapteryx servia   Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Samea ecclesialis   Assembly Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina sp.   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (larva)    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Agallia constricta   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper       Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    stratiomyidae   Unknown sp.   Soldier Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Libellula comanche   Comanche Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Plathemis lydia   Common whitetail       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Cyrtoxipha columbiana   Columbian Trig       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Pelegrina pervaga   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider