A team of thirteen contributed to this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. There are numerous clues that aid in field identification of dragonflies. While color, size, flight period and habitat are helpful, another factor is the typical wing position assumed when resting. Compare the two examples shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Strangalia virilis (flower longhorn, female) photo by Sam Fruehling Tropisternus lateralis (water scavenger beetle) photo by Val Bugh Geron sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee) photo by Val Bugh Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri (Texas rat snake: shed skin & freshly molted individual) photo by Val Bugh Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider, immature) photo by Barbara Ribble Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse, immature) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Beth Kirkhart Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail pupa) photo by Val Bugh Xylesthia pruniramiella (Clemen's bark moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia volupia (painted flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Fania nanus (carpenterworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus etiolatus (carpenter ant alate) photo by Val Bugh Dythemis fugax (checkered setwing) photo by Joe Fernandes Celithemis eponina (Halloween pennant) photo by Beth Kirkhart Paraidemona sp. (spur-throated grasshopper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pediodectes haldemani (Haldeman's shieldback, female) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes bruneri (Bruner shieldback, female) photo by Val Bugh Eris militaris (bronze jumper, immature) photo by Erin Cannon Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Egret (Ardea alba) 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) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh tracks Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.), on harvestman Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & pupa)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis baptisiae   Wild Indigo Duskywing (larva)    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth    erebidae   Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing       Catocala amica   Girlfriend Underwing       Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Metalectra sp.   Fungus Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Nerice bidentata   Double-toothed Prominent    cossidae   Fania nanus   Carpenterworm Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Euchlaena marginaria   Moth       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Amyelois transitella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth    tortricidae   Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Sparganothis distincta   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    tineidae   Xylesthia pruniramiella   Clemen's Bark Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Darkling Beetle       Lobopoda socia   Comb-clawed Beetle    dermestidae   Trogoderma primum   Dermestid Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    bostrichidae   Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Cymbiodyta sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus glyphicus   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Thermonectus basillaris   Predaceous Diving Beetle    elmidae   Stenelmis cheryl   Riffle Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopamera setosa   Seed Bug       Unknown sp.   Seed Bug (nymph)       Perigenes similis   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Norvellina chenopodii   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Eutettix pictus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Tachypompilus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus etiolatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant    eurytomidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Cotesia sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    pipunculidae   Unknown sp.   Big-headed Fly    sarcophagidae   Metopia argyrosephala   Satellite Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Dythemis nigrescens   Black Setwing       Celithemis eponina   Halloween Pennant orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (adult & nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Eunemobius sp.   Ground Cricket blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider       Tmarus sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider