A team of eighteen conducted this week's survey under warm and cloudy conditions with occasional drizzle. The flower fly and aphid colony shown below is not just an accidental association. Several species of female flower flies (syrphidae) seek out such locations to lay their eggs as the larvae, much like those of lady beetles, feed on the aphids. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Vanessa virginiensis (American lady larva) photo by Val Bugh Orthimella fidelis (faithful quaker larva) photo by Katherine Daniels Danaus plexippus (monarch larva) photo by Beth Kirkhart Unknown sp. (leafroller moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosiobla excavata (common sawfly larva) photo by Val Bugh Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Harriett Wolf Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse at nest) photo by Bill Boyd Chlorochroa ligata (conchuela hatchlings) photo by Val Bugh Poecilocapsus lineatus (four-lined plant bug) photo by Dwayne Mann Moneilema armatum (cactus longhorn) photo by Julie Shaw Phyllobrotica limbata (leaf beetles) photo by Katherine Daniels Coccinella septempunctata & Hippodamia convergens (seven-spotted & convergent lady beetle pupae) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Chrysoperla plorabunda (green lacewing larva) photo by Val Bugh Nagurus cristatus (dwarf gray striped isopod) photo by Val Bugh Araneus cingulatus (orbweaver eating aphid) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Protandrena sp. (bees mating) photo by Val Bugh Ocyptamus fuscipennis (flower fly approaching aphid colony) photo by Dan Zinn Neotephritis finalis (fruit fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Megisto cymela   Little Wood-satyr    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & larva)       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithocodia       Ponometia libedis   Bird Dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain (larva)       Orthimella fidelis   Faithful Quaker (larva)       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Catocala muliercula   Little Wife Underwing (larva)       Lesmone detrahens   Detracted Owlet       Phytometra orgiae   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing (larva)       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Caudellia nigrella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Myelopsis alatella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer       Epiblema minutana   Minute Ragweed Borer       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Gretchena bolliana   Pecan Bud Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller (adult & larva)    gelechiidae   Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    gracillariidae   Marmara sp.   Moth       Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Landryia sp.   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth (adult & larva)    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha sp.   Bird-dropping Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia austerella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella resplendensella   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus quadruplex   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil       Mimosestes amicus   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult & pupa)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & pupa)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Agrilus ornatulus   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus scitulus   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    cleridae   Isohydnocera curtipennis   Checkered Beetle    zopheridae   Sesaspis emarginatus   Ironclad Beetle    melandryidae   Osphya varians   False Darkling Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    attelabidae   Himatolabus pubescens   Oak Leaf Roller       Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Smicronyx quadrifer   Weevil       Sitona californius   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Neocapsus cuneatus   Plant Bug       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Protalebrella conica   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus provancheri   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper    membracidae   Cyrtolobus parvulus   Treehopper       Cyrtolobus tuberosus   Treehopper       Cyrtolobus sp.   Treehopper       Ophiderma sp.   Treehopper       Xantholobus quadrangularis   Treehopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Ceratina cockerelli   Small Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Sphecodes sp.   Blood Bee    andrenidae   Andrena sp.   Mining Bee       Protandrena sp.   Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    crabronidae   Psammaletes mexicanus   Planthopper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Labidus coecus   Legionary Ant (drone)       Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    chalcididae   Brachymeria podagrica   Chalcid Wasp    ormyridae   Ormyrus sp.   Ormyrid Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Trogomorpha trogiformis   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (adult & pupa)    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly    tenthredinidae   Pseudosiobla excavata   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Hermetia reinhardi   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    therevidae   Cyclotelus sp.   Stiletto Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    chironomidae   Coelotanypus concinnus   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus fasciatus   Slender Meadow Katydid (nymph) blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga bolliana   Boll's Sand Roach    blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Ceraclea sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Araneus cingulatus   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Neospintharus furcatus   Cobweb Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider