A team of eleven completed this week's survey under hot and partly sunny conditions. The female of the mating pair of metallic woodboring beetles shown below is sipping from an extrafloral nectary. Various versions of this feature are found on over 2,000 plant species, including the passionflower in this image. Although the main purpose of the nectaries is to attract insects for mutualistic relationships, many other species will take advantage of the bounty. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Carebara longii (ants mating) photo by Joe Fernandes Euodynerus pratensis (mason wasp) photo by Julie Shaw Chalybion sp. (blue mud dauber) photo by Beth Kirkhart Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee & corbicula) photo by Barbara Ribble Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Joe Fernandes Copestylum tricinctum (flower fly) photo by Victoria Briseno Ocyptamus fascipennis (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Argiope aurantia (black & yellow garden spider) photo by Bill Boyd Paragrilus rugatulus (metallic woodborers mating) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus niveus (narrow-winged tree cricket nymph) photo by Val Bugh Idaea furciferata (notch-winged wave, female) photo by Val Bugh Idaea furciferata (notch-winged wave, male) photo by Val Bugh Euphyes vestris (dun skipper) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by Bill Boyd Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Val Bugh Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dendroica petechia (yellow warbler bathing) photo by Pat Dittmar Bubulcus ibis (cattle egrets) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thmnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Schinia gracilenta   Slender Flower Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Idaea furciferata   Notch-winged Wave    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista metariana   Leafroller Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    gelechiidae   Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Coleotechnites eryngiella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Triclonella determinatella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Cameraria quercivorella   Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    tineidae   Homosetia sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult, larva & pupa)    chrysomelidae   Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Deloyala guttata   Tortoise Beetle    buprestidae   Paragrilus rugatulus   Metallic Woodborer    dytiscidae   Coptotomus venustus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Norvellina chenopodii   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper       Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp       Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant       Carebara longii   Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tricinctum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh 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       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus niveus   Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Tidarren sp.   Cobweb Spider       Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider