A team of twelve participated in this week's survey under hot and mostly sunny conditions. The predaceous larvae of the disturbingly large Elephant Mosquito (shown below) eat other mosquito species' young. This nutritious diet means the adult females produce eggs without having to obtain a risky blood meal; they feed only on nectar. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Toxorhynchites rutilus (elephant mosquito, male) photo by Val Bugh Geron sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Exoprosopa iota (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Melissodes sp. (long-horned bee, male) photo by Julie Shaw Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Barbara Ribble Hapithus agitator (restless bush cricket) photo by Val Bugh Tigrosa annexa (wolf spider) photo by Pat Dittmar Scytodes sp. (spitting spider eating orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Eris militaris (bronze jumper) photo by Pat Dittmar Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer fawn) photo by Bill Boyd Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spotted lady beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug) photo by Sam Fruehling Vanduzea sp. & Solenopsis sp. (treehopper & fire ants) photo by Val Bugh Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk) photo by Sam Fruehling Libellula pulchella (twelve-spotted skimmer) photo by Val Bugh Urbanus proteus (long-tailed skipper) photo by Julie Shaw Atalopedes campestris (sachem) photo by Julie Shaw Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Joe Fernandes Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 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) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thmnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Urbanus proteus   Long-tailed Skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Unknown sp.   Spreadwing Skipper (larva)       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent       Schizura errucata   Prominent       Schizura unicornis   Unicorn Caterpillar Moth    sphingidae   Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Loxostegopsis xanthocrypta   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer    gelechiidae   Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth       Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    cosmopterigidae   Melanocinclis lineigera   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Paragrilus rugatulus   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Oeme rigida   Longhorn Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    carabidae   Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Phileurus valgus   Scarab hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Osbornellus scalaris   Leafhopper       Acinopterus angulatus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Euodynerus foraminatus   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp       Trypoxylon sp.   Wasp    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp       Sphex pensylvanicus   Great Black Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Exoprosopa iota   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Toxorhynchites rutilus   Elephant Mosquito    limoniidae   Unknown sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula pulchella   Twelve-spotted Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Brachymesia gravida   Four-spotted Pennant       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Hapithus agitator   Restless Bush Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion    mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Pelegrina pervaga   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    lycosidae   Tigrosa annexa   Wolf Spider    scytodidae   Scytodes sp.   Spitting Spider