Early fog gave way to a partly sunny, cool morning as sixteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. When insects feel threatened and need to escape danger, they often excrete waste to reduce their weight. True bugs (hemiptera) feed only on liquids so that is what comes out the rear end, illustrated in the image of the nervous bow-legged bug shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk) photo by Dan Hardy Ammophila sp. (thread-waisted wasp sleeping) photo by Val Bugh Compsocryptus sp. (ichneumon) photo by Dwayne Mann Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Harriett Wolf Bactra verutana, Mompha rufocristatella Chionodes canofusella, Acrocercops quinquistrigella Ypsolopha ochrella (moths) photo by Val Bugh Megalographa biloba (bilobed looper) photo by Joe Fernandes Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Dwayne Mann Aniulus sp. (julid millipedes mating) photo by Victoria Briseno Melospiza lincolnii, Melospiza melodia & Zonotrichia albicollis (Lincon's, song & white-throated sparrows) photo by Dan Hardy, Harriett Wolf & Dan Hardy Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Harriett Wolf Walshomyia sabinae (midge larva gall on juniper) photo by Larry Swift Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper) photo by Pat Dittmar Oecanthus californicus (western tree cricket) photo by Dwayne Mann Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug) photo by Dwayne Mann Largus sp. (largus bug nymph) photo by Dwayne Mann Copestylum mexicanum (black flower fly) photo by Dan Zinn Toxomerus marginatus & Toxomerus politus (flower flies) photo by Dwayne Mann & Val Bugh Nausigaster sp. (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Coenosia sp. (tiger fly) photo by Victoria Briseno Neriene radiata (filmy dome spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Misc.: Land Snail (Linisia texansiana) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Whirligig Mite (Anystis sp.) Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Myelopsis minutulella   Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Chionodes canofusella   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    momphidae   Mompha rufocristatella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    pterophoridae   Lioptilodes albistriolatus   Plume Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Dibolia borealis   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    cryptophagidae   Cryptophagus sp.   Silken Fungus Beetle hemiptera   alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug    geocoridae   Geocoris sp.   Big-eyed Bug    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia scrupulosa   Lace Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes apachus   Apache Wasp       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nests)       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp (galls) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza femoralis   Lauxaniid Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    empididae   Hilara sp.   Balloon Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge       Walshomyia sabinae   Gall Midge (galls) odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus californicus   Western Tree Cricket       Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes perplexus   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla externa   Green Lacewing psocoptera   psocidae   Loensia moesta   Barklouse trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Net-spinning Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper    araneidae   Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    linyphiidae   Neriene radiata   Filmy Dome Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider