It was hot and sunny as twenty-one volunteers participated in this week's survey. Cope's Gray Tree Frog and the Gray Tree Frog have almost identical ranges and appearances. The reason for their species separation is number of chromosomes: the former is a normal diploid (2 sets of chromosomes), while the latter is tetraploid and has double the usual number. Their mating calls are also slightly different. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Dryophytes chrysoscelis/versicolor (Cope's/gray tree frog) photo by Dwayne Mann Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog tadpole) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Dwayne Mann Coccyzus americanus (yellow-billed cuckoo) photo by Erik Loza Amblyomma maculatum (gulf coast tick, male) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus pius (jumping spider) photo by Julie Shaw Cobubatha lixiva (moth) photo by Beth Kirkhart Suleima baracana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Joe Fernandes Phyciodes phaon (phaon crescent) photo by Harriett Wolf Acanthocephala sp. & Unknown sp. (coreid bug & stink bug eggs) photo by Victoria Briseno & Val Bugh Macrosteles quadrilineatus (aster leafhopper) photo by Barbara Ribble Zelus tetracanthus (four-spined assassin bug) photo by Julie Shaw Stagmomantis limbata (bordered mantis) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper) photo by Dwayne Mann Tramea onusta (red saddlebags) photo by Barbara Ribble Atomosia melanopogon (robber fly) photo by Victoria Briseno Manduca rustica & Cotesia congregata (rustic sphinx larva & braconid wasp larvae) photo by Val Bugh Gambusia affinis & Apis mellifera (mosquitofish & honey bees) photo by Dwayne Mann Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjackets guarding nest) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 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-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 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) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Central Texas Whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus girardi) Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus), molted skin in parking lot Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus marcianus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpole Cope's/Gray Tree Frog (Dryophytes chrysoscelis/versicolor) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Lesmone detrahens   Detracted Owlet    arctiidae   Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    nolidae   Nola cereella   Sorghum Webworm Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Eusarca packardaria   Packard's Eusarca       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave (larva)       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Moodna ostrinella   Darker Moodna Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Eucosma rusticana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista matutina   Leafroller Moth       Suleima baracana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia corallina   Moth       Helcystogramma melantherella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Disonycha sp.   Flea Beetle (larva)    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle       Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle    staphylinidae   Lithocharodes longicollis   Rove Beetle       Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Glyphonyx sp.   Click Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle (larva)       Berosus peregrinus   Water Scavenger Beetle       Unknown sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    elmidae   Macrelmis texana   Riffle Beetle       Macrelmis shoemakei   Riffle Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (eggs)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena obtusa   Mesquite Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug       Largus maculatus   Largus Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Ceratocapsus sp.   Plant Bug       Eustictus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug       Triatoma sanguisuga   Kissing Bug       Diaditus sp.   Assassin Bug    notonectidae   Notonecta sp.   Backswimmer    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug (nymph)       Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug       Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (eggs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus acuminatus   Leafhopper       Ponana sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Macrosteles quadrilineatus   Aster Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura elegans   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Entylia carinata   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   planthopper (adult & nymph)       Stenocranus dorsalis   Planthopper       Unknown sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper       Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    aleyrodidae   Tetraleurodes mori   Mulberry Whitefly    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada       Tibicen texanus   Cicada    aphididae   Tinocallis sp.   Aphid       Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina cockerelli   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Vespula maculifrons   Eastern Yellowjacket       Stenodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp       Hoplisoides sp.   Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Tachypompilus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant    figitidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp       Cotesia congregata   Braconid Wasp (larva)    argidae   Sphacophilus sp.   Argid Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum tricinctum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Anthrax sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly       Zelia sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Rafaelia rufiventris   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly       Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tephritidae   Unknown sp.   Fruit Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket       Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Anaxipha sp.   Brown Trig mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph)       Stagmomantis limbata   Bordered Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)       Chrysopa quadripunctata   Four-spotted Green Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion psocoptera   amphientomidae   Stimulopalpus japonicus   Tropical Barklouse (adult & nymph)    psocidae   Indiopsocus sp.   Barklouse       Ptycta polluta   Barklouse trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus pius   Jumping Spider       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Gladicosa pulchra   Wolf Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider       Pisaurina mira   Nursery Web Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Weaver (adult & eggs)       Anelosimus studiosus   Social Cobweb Weaver