The weather was very hot and sunny as nineteen people contributed to this week's survey. While the jumping spider shown below looks like it is protectively hovering over some eggs, it is only defending its food source. The eggs are those of a shield bug (scutelleridae) and the spider is a male. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Harriett Wolf Euphyes vestris (dun skipper) photo by Dan Hardy Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Harriett Wolf Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Dwayne Mann Choristoneura houstonana (juniper budworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Marimatha nigrofimbria (black-bordered lemon moth) photo by Val Bugh Palpita freemanalis (Freeman's palpita) photo by Val Bugh Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Bill Boyd Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Dwayne Mann Bufo nebulifer (gulf coast toad) photo by Harry Miller Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Dwayne Mann Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Becky Roberts Hypocritanus fascipennis (flower fly) photo by Dan Zinn Oebalus pugnax (rice stink bug: adult & nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble & Dwayne Mann Pediodectes nigromarginatus (black-margined shieldback) photo by Joe Fernandes Boopedon gracile (graceful range grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Mermiria bivittata (two-striped mermirias mating) photo by Larry Swift Eleodes goryi (desert stink beetle pair) photo by Larry Swift Colonus puerperus & Unknown sp. (jumping spider eating shield bug eggs) photo by Dwayne Mann Hentzia palmarum (long-jawed jumper) photo by Dwayne Mann Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpole Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Gall Mites (Unknown sp.), galls on Texas persimmon Harvestman (Leiobunum 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       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Marimatha nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Elasmia sp.   Prominent       Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Pleuroprucha insusaria   Common Tan Wave    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Palpita freemanalis   Freeman's Palpita       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth    tortricidae   Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema chromata   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leaftier Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Sonia constricta   Leafroller Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Platynota idaeusalis   Tufted Apple Bud Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Untomia albistrigella   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Coleotechnites eryngiella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle       Dendrobiella sericans   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    carabidae   Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Unknown sp.   Shield Bug (eggs)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Erythroneura sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius strobi   Leafhopper       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    achilidae   Opsiplanon luella   planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Pemphigus populitransversus   Poplar Petiole-gall Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    halictidae   Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    cynipidae   Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall (larva)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp       Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Sphacophilus sp.   Argid Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Microchrysa sp.   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    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       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red 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 (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus punctulatus   Pinetree Spurthroat       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph)    gryllidae   Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket       Eunemobius carolinus   Ground Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis limbata   Bordered Mantis       Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius sp.   Brown Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus pius   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Wagneriana tauricornis   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Hogna baltimoriana   Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Modisimus texanus   Cellar Spider