A team of fifteen completed this week's survey under sunny and very hot conditions. The exoskeleton of spiders varies significantly in thickness over different parts of the animal. While it is substantial and sturdy on the legs and jaws, the part covering the abdomen is very thin and flexible, as the Garden Spiders shown below (before and after oviposition) illustrate. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer stamping & snorting) photo by Harriett Wolf Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin eating honey bee) photo by Wei-Li Huang Cnemodus mavortius (seed bug) photo by Barbara Ribble Mozena lunata (mesquite bug nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Acanalonia parva (acanaloniid planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Mimosestes protractus (bean weevil) photo by Erin Cannon Zopherus concolor (ironclad beetle) photo by Victoria Briseno Notogramma purpuratum (picture-winged fly) photo by Val Bugh Ocyptamus fascipennis & Dioprosopa clavata (flower flies) photo by Sam Fruehling Dythemis velox (swift setwing) photo by Beth Kirkhart Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spiders) photo by Pat Dittmar Holocnemus pluchei (marbled cellar spider with eggs) photo by Val Bugh Cheiracanthium inclusum (sac spider with eggs) photo by Val Bugh Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider) photo by Sofia Maass Elophila obliteralis (waterlily leafcutter moth) photo by Beth Kirkhart Chlosyne janais (crimson patch larva) photo by Val Bugh Schizura unicornis (unicorn caterpillar) photo by Joe Fernandes Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird preening) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hirundo rustica (young barn swallow) photo by Barbara Ribble Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner in burn area) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) 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) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Chlosyne janais   Crimson Patch (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    papilionidae   Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchates (larva)       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura unicornis   Unicorn Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    gelechiidae   Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Mimosestes protractus   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus concolor   Ironclad Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    gerridae   Unknown sp.   Water Strider    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    ulidiidae   Notogramma purpuratum   Picture-winged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Libellula comanche   Comanche Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walkingstick (nymph) araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus pius   Jumping Spider       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider       Wulfila sp.   Ghost Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider (adult & eggs)    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    phocidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider (adult & eggs)