Although it was mostly cloudy, the morning was very hot as nineteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. The order Squamata, the scaled reptiles, includes both snakes and lizards. One difference between them is a lack or presence of external ears (compare images below). Snakes have only an inner ear, connected to their jaws, while lizards have openings with eardrums. The Spiny Lizard has a spiked flap partially concealing its ear, but that of the Whiptail is glaringly obvious. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Exoprosopa sp. (bee fly) photo by Dan Hardy Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper, female) photo by Sam Fruehling Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Val Bugh Antispila sp., Diploschizia impigritella & Polyhymno luteostrigella (micro moths, all less than 5 mm long) photo by Val Bugh Dythemis nigrescens (black setwing) photo by Joe Fernandes Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Mozena lunata (mesquite bug hatchlings & eggs) photo by Val Bugh Largus sp. (largus bug hatchlings) photo by Victoria Briseno Unknown sp. (green lacewing larva) photo by Val Bugh Bagisara rectifascia (straight-lined mallow moth larva) photo by Julie Shaw Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing larva) photo by Val Bugh Marpissa obtusa (jumping spider) photo by Pat Dittmar Eris militaris (bronze jumper: 2 views) photo by Victoria Briseno & Julie Shaw Dictyna sp. (meshweb weaver eating long-legged fly) photo by Julie Shaw Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider) photo by Rad Decker Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sceloporus olivaceus & Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spiny lizard & Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Joe Fernades & Harriett Wolf Tyrannus verticalis (western kingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Dan Zinn Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 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) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Blachard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult, larva & pupa)       Papilio troilus   Spicebush Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis baptisiae   Wild Indigo Duskywing (larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing (adult & larva)       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling    noctuidae   Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Condica videns   White-spotted Groundling       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth    erebidae   Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale (pupa)       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Euchlaena marginaria   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Petrophila kearfottalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Arta olivalis   Arta Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   strawberry Leafroller Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    gracillariidae   Cremastobombycia sp.   Moth       Neurobathra sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    heliozelidae   Antispila sp.   Shield-bearing Moth    glyphipterigidae   Diploschizia impigritella   Yellow Nutsedge Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Griburius sp.   Leaf Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    scirtidae   Scirtes orbiculatus   Marsh Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Cymbiodyta sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus miles   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Laccophilus proximus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    elmidae   Macrelmis texana   Riffle Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm    curculionidae   Odontocorynus pulverulentus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult, nymph & egg)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Protenor belfragei   Broad-headed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug       Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug       Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug       Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Dendrocoris humeralis   Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Jikradia olitoria   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Limotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Agallia constricta   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper       Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    delphacidae   Isodelphax basivitta   Planthopper    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Ant       Pseudomyrmex brunneus   Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly       Camptoprosopella sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia chrysopila   Soldier Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge       Chironomus sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Dythemis nigrescens   Black Setwing       Celithemis eponina   Halloween Pennant       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (adult & nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Eunemobius sp.   Ground Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach       Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia arcanum   Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    helicopsychidae   Helicopsyche borealis   Snail-case Caddisfly psocoptera   amphientomidae   Lithoseopsis hellmani   Tropical Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Plexippus paykulli   Pantropical Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Zygoballus rufipes   Hammer-jawed Jumper       Metacyrba taeniola   Jumping Spider       Marpissa obtusa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider       Tmarus sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    gnaphosidae   Cesonia bilineata   Two-striped Ground Spider       Sergiolus sp.   Ground Spider