A sunny but cold morning warmed up nicely as a team of fifteen participated in this week's survey. The related Halictus and Lasioglossum bees shown below look almost identical. A simple difference is quite difficult to see: while the white band is at the rear outer edge of each tergite (abdominal segment) on the former, the same color is at the tergite forward base of the latter. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Pat Dittmar Rena dulcis (Texas blind snake) photo by Val Bugh Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Val Bugh Ladona deplanata (blue corporal) photo by Julie Shaw Zelus luridus (assassin bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Polistes rubiginosus (red wasp) photo by Bill Boyd Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Joe Fernandes Halictus sp. & Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bees) photo by Julie Shaw & Joe Fernandes Hoplitimyia constans (soldier fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Archytas marmoratus & Archytas sp. (tachinid flies) photo by Joe Fernandes Euceros sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Periclista sp. (common sawflies courting) photo by Julie Shaw Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Molothrus ater (brown-headed cowbirds) photo by Beth Kirkhart Chondestes grammacus (lark sparrow) photo by Annelia Williams Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed-blue: 2 views) photo by Julie Shaw Dichrorampha simulana (moth) photo by Val Bugh Leuconycta lepidula (marbled-green leuconycta) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Blind Snake (Rena dulcis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion texense) Cave Millipede (Speodesmus sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Armoured Harvestman (Vonones sayi) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Cupido comyntas   Eastern Tailed-blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Acronicta tota   Dagger Moth       Leuconycta lepidula   Marbled-green Leuconycta       Dypterygia patina   Moth       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget    arctiidae   Euerythra phasma   Red-tailed Specter       Crambidia cephalica   Yellow-headed Lichen Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    thyrididae   Thyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes infimella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Caudellia nigrella   Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Pseudexentera spoliana   Bare-patched Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Dichrorampha simulana   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia rhoifoliella   Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    mordellidae   Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aphalaridae   Gyropsylla ilecis   Yaupon Psyllid (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon       Euceros sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    tenthredinidae   Periclista sp.   Common Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Unknown sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia constans   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Ladona deplanata   Blue Corporal    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver       Araneus sp.   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Hogna carolinensis   Carolina Wolf Spider    dipluridae   Euagrus chisoseus   Funnelweb Spider