It was hot and partly sunny as fourteen volunteers completed this week's survey. Many bees have specialized clusters of hair called scopae, which are used to transport pollen. Though usually located on the hind legs, the scopae of bees in the family Megachilidae are attached to the underside of the abdomen, as the resin bee photo below illustrates. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver eating green stink bug) photo by Barbara Ribble Dictyna sp. (meshweb weaver) photo by Erin Cannon Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Julie Shaw Misumessus lappi (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Xysticus sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider) photo by Joe Fernandes Phidippus audax (bold jumper eating painted lady) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by Sam Fruehling Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper) photo by Julie Shaw Cydia latiferreana (filbertworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Megachile exilis (slender resin bee) photo by Julie Shaw Eumenes fraternus (potter wasps mating) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus sayi (carpenter ant) photo by Victoria Briseno Chinavia hilaris (green stink bug hatchlings) photo by Val Bugh Ischnodemus sp. (chinch bug) photo by Erin Cannon Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin eating lady beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Myrmeleon sp. (antlion) photo by Joe Fernandes Enallagma civile (familiar bluet) photo by Erin Cannon Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk) photo by Sam Fruehling Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 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) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (adult & larva)       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth    pyralidae   Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Baphala pallida   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eugnosta deceptana   Leafroller Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    gelechiidae   Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Disonycha leptolineata   Flea Beetle       Labidomera clivicollis   Milkweed Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus sp.   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    blissidae   Ischnodemus sp.   Chinch Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex pensylvanicus   Great Black Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus fasciatus   Slender Meadow Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walkingstick (nymph)       Diapheromera velii   Prairie Walkingstick isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly       Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Anyphaena sp.   Ghost Spider       Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider