It was a hot and mostly cloudy morning as thirteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Ant species have a wide range of diets, but that of Leptogenys elongata is curiously specific: this predator (shown below) specializes on capturing pillbugs; it has long jaws and legs to accommodate transporting such smooth and rounded prey. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee drone) photo by Barbara Ribble Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Sofia Maass Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp digging nest) photo by Joe Fernandes Leptogenys elongata (ant carrying pillbug) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Erin Cannon Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Sam Fruehling Calycopis isobeon (dusky-blue groundstreak) photo by Joe Fernandes Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Argyrodes elevatus (silver dewdrop spider) photo by Val Bugh Anyphaena sp. (ghost spider) photo by Erin Cannon Colonus sp. (jumping spider entering retreat) photo by Val Bugh Mangora gibberosa (orbweaver) photo by Erin Cannon Tramea onusta (red saddlebags) photo by Sam Fruehling Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer finishing meal) photo by Barbara Ribble Unknown sp. (flower fly larva) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Joe Fernandes Scincella lateralis (ground skink) photo by Val Bugh Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail digging nest) photo by Harriett Wolf Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer fawn) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 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) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), recently killed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne janais   Crimson Patch (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura unicornis   Unicorn Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    crambidae   Desmia sp.   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea 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)    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (larva)    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus sp.   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    corinnidae   Castianeira amoena   Ant-mimic Spider    anyphaenidae   Anyphaena sp.   Ghost Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider       Parasteatoda tepidariorum   Common House Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula