The weather was hot and cloudy, followed by rain, as seventeen participants completed this week's survey. When an insect is ready to molt, the old skin loosens so its growing body can slip out. Caterpillar head capsules are too restrictive to allow for the development of the new, larger, head so it withdraws behind the old (now empty) capsule. This can be seen as the orange bulge on the White-striped Longtail larva shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Uroleucon sp. & Coccinella septempunctata (aphids & seven-spotted lady beetle) photo by Dan Zinn Zopherus nodulosus (ironclad beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Paederus sp. (rove beetle) photo by Val Bugh Triatoma sp. (kissing bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Katherine Daniels Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Pat Dittmar Archilochus sp. (hummingbird) photo by Dwayne Mann Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktails mating) photo by Sadie McDonald Stimulopalpus japonicus (tropical barklice: 2 views) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Aidemona azteca (Aztec spurthroat nymph) photo by Julie Shaw Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas short-winged grasshopper) photo by Katherine Daniels Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, male) photo by Larry Swift Sphacophilus sp. (argid sawfly, male) photo by Sam Fruehling Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen larva) photo by Val Bugh Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Tibicen superbus (superb cicada) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca obscura (obscure bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Arethaea sp. (thread-legged katydid) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 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) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 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) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 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: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (larva)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (larva)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera eridania   Southern Armyworm (larva)       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Caenurgia chloropha   Vetch Looper Moth       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth (adult & larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Peoria sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Sparganothis distincta   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Polyhymno acaciella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    tineidae   Xystrologa new sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Kuschelina laeta   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Lobrathium sp.   Rove Beetle       Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle    oedemeridae   Oxacis trimaculata   False Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Platytomus longulus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus pugnax   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Liodessus sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle    heteroceridae   Heterocerus pusillus   Variegated Mud-loving Beetle    elateridae   Conoderus lividus   Click Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena sp.   Mesquite Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Ptochiomera nodosa   Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Sericophanes heidemanni   Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Triatoma sp.   Kissing Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Diaditus sp.   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Agallia constricta   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Ponana quadralaba   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Eutettix pictus   Leafhopper       Alconeura sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)       Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    derbidae   Cedusa maculata   Planthopper    delphacidae   Metadelphax propinqua   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    aphididae   Tetraneura sp.   Aphid       Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Svastra obliqua   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    crabronidae   Hoplisoides sp.   Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (larva)    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    bethylidae   Unknown sp.   Bethylid Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Sphacophilus sp.   Argid Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Medetera sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Ormia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Celithemis eponina   Halloween Pennant orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket       Eunemobius carolinus   Ground Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Cyrtoxipha columbiana   Columbian Trig    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & egg) psocoptera   amphientomidae   Stimulopalpus japonicus   Tropical Barklouse (adult & nymph) ephemeroptera   baetidae   Unknown sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Nectopsyche sp.   White Miller    helicopsychidae   Helicopsyche borealis   Snail-case Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver       Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider