Fourteen volunteers braved hot, sunny weather to complete this week's survey. Visible in the center on top of the young Spiny Lizard's head shown below, the parietal eye is associated with the pineal gland, which helps regulate circadian rhythms and the production of thermoregulatory hormones. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Beth Kirkhart Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Dan Hardy Archilochus colubris (ruby-throated hummingbird) photo by Joe Fernandes Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Xanthaciura sp. (fruit fly) photo by Victoria Briseno Agapostemon sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Dan Hardy Moneilema armatum (cactus longhorn) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sphaenothecus bivittata (longhorn beetles mating) photo by Joe Fernandes Cotinis nitida (green June beetle) photo by Marcia Sims Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Schinia chrysellus (broomweed flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Sam Fruehling Anax junius (common green darner) photo by Bill Boyd Micrathyria hagenii (thornbush dasher) photo by Val Bugh Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer) photo by Joe Fernandes Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Pat Dittmar Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) photo by Beth Kirkhart Otala lactea (garden snail) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 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) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio), feathers; possible Great Horned Owl prey Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thmnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & pupa)       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Achyra bifidalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth    tortricidae   Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Charidotella sexpunctata   Golden Tortoise Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn       Sphaenothecus bivitatta   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    membracidae   Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    aleyrodidae   Aleuroplatus ovatus   Whitefly (nymph)    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Stenodynerus anormis   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp       Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    cynipidae   Andricus quercuslanigera   Wool-bearing Gall Wasp (gall)    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Micrathyria hagenii   Thornbush Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus punctulatus   Pinetree Spurthroat       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket (nymph)       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx