Sixteen people contributed to this week's survey under hot and partly cloudy conditions. Tiny creatures, including garden arthropods, tend to hide from any larger animal, making them difficult for us to notice. This is true for insects as well; the Bee Fly and Blue Dasher shown below appear completely unaware that they are within millimeters of a concealed spider! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Orchelimum silvaticum (long-spurred meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Bill Boyd Oxyopes salticus & Poecilanthrax lucifer (striped lynx & bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis & Tetragnatha sp. (blue dasher & long-jawed orbweaver) photo by Joe Fernandes Telebasis salva (desert firetail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer) photo by Joe Fernandes Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer) photo by Beth Kirkhart Libellula croceipennis & Gambusia affinis (neon skimmer laying eggs & mosquitofish eating them) photo by Dan Zinn Poecilia latipinna & Gambusia affinis (sailfin molly & mosquitofish) photo by Beth Kirkhart Passerina ciris (immature painted bunting) photo by Barbara Ribble Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper exuviae) photo by Harriett Wolf Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper) photo by Joe Fernandes Mozena lunata (mesquite bug eggs) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (predatory fungus gnat larvae) photo by Val Bugh Cyclophora nanaria (dwarf tawny wave larva) photo by Val Bugh Leptotes marina & Brachymyrmex patagonicus (marine blue larva & rover ants) photo by Dan Hardy Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) photo by Sam Fruehling Neivamyrmex swainsonii (common army ant male "sausage fly") photo by Val Bugh Cydosia aurivitta (straight-lined cydosia male) photo by Val Bugh Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur) photo by Dan Hardy Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Blue Heron (Areda herodias) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) 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) 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) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) 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.: Scud (Hyalella sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Slender Springtail (Cyphoderus similis) Leech (Erpobdella sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (adult & larva)    erebidae   Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Desmia funeralis   Grape Leaffolder Moth       Leptosteges vestaliella   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema minuta   Minute Ragweed Borer       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Rudenia leguminana   Black-tipped Rudenia       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha sp.   Bird-dropping Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    tineidae   Homostinea curviliniella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Griburius sp.   Leaf Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Bembidion sp.   Ground Beetle    oedemeridae   Oxycopis mimetica   False Blister Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Tachyporus jocosus   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Aphodius pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus pugnax   Water Scavenger Beetle       Enochrus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Coptotomus venustus   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Neobidessus sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle    dryopidae   Pelonomus obscurus   Long-toed Water Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (eggs)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (nymph)       Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia mulsanti   Water Treader    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Agallia constricta   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Eutettix pictus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp       Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Neivamyrmex swainsonii   Common Army Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    cynipidae   Andricus quercusfoliatus   Leafy Oak Gall Wasp (larva)       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Stratiomys sp.   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    scatopsidae   Unknown sp.   Minute Black Scavenger Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    keroplatidae   Unknown sp.   Predatory Fungus Gnat (larva) odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Celithemis eponina   Halloween Pennant       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket       Cyrtoxipha columbiana   Columbian Trig       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket       Oecanthus exclamationis   Davis' Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & egg) psocoptera   amphientomidae   Lithoseopsis hellmani   Tropical Barklouse trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly       Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver