Fourteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey under hot, sunny conditions. Many newly eclosed male dragonflies do not yet present their mature coloration. The dull brown teneral Neon Skimmer shown below will eventually be as brilliant as the mature red individuals in the next photo. The Eastern Pondhawk is halfway between immature green and the chalky blue pruinosity of an adult. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pepsis sp. (tarantula-hawk wasp) photo by Dwayne Mann Sphex lucae (digger wasp) photo by Joe Fernandes Centris atripes (digger bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Melanoplus differentialis & Oecanthus sp. (differential grasshopper nymph & tree cricket) photo by Dan Zinn Schreckensteinia erythriella (bristle-legged moth) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh moth vibrating wing muscles) photo by Dan Hardy Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Sam Fruehling Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by George Ward Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch mating) photo by Katherine Daniels Unknown sp. (green lacewing hatchlings) photo by Dwayne Mann Saccharosydne saccharivora (West Indian canefly adult & nymph) photo by Val Bugh Disonycha discoidea (passionflower flea beetle larva & adult) photo by Dwayne Mann & Val Bugh Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Katherine Daniels Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Annelia Williams Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard with regenerated tail) photo by Pat Dittmar Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, teneral male) photo by Dan Hardy Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, mature males) photo by Bill Boyd Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk male) photo by Joe Fernandes Tramea onusta (red saddlebags female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Ischnura hastata (citrine forktail female) photo by Dwayne Mann Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 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) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) 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) Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Western Coachwhip (Masticophois flagellum testaceus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Chigger (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus christatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing (adult & larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller       Cenopis diluticostana   Spring Dead-leaf Roller Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis distincta   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth    gelechiidae   Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Pseudotelphusa sp.   Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Stilbosis sp.   Moth    schreckensteiniidae   Schreckensteinia erythriella   Bristle-legged Moth    heliozelidae   Antispila sp.   Shield-bearing Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Myochrous sp.   Leaf Beetle       Rhabdopterus sp.   Leaf Beetle       Metrioidea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Disonycha discoidea   Passionflower Flea Beetle (adult & larva)       Chaetocnema quadricollis   Flea Beetle       Megacerus cubiculus   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    cantharidae   Tytthonyx erythrocephala   Soldier Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Metacanthus multispinus   Stilt Bug    miridae   Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma nicholi   Yucca Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Xerophloea viridis   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Jikradia olitoria   Leafhopper (nymph)       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Daltonia sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper       Thionia elliptica   Planthopper    delphacidae   Saccharosydne saccharivora   West Indian Canefly (adult & nymph)    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper       Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper       Archasia auriculata   Treehopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Diadasia afflicta   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Unknown sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes ventralis   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    torymidae   Podagrion sp.   Torymid Wasp    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Villa sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Unknown sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus kansensis   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Dactylomyia lateralis   Long-legged Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    ceratopogonidae   Unknown sp.   Biting Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge       Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (larva)    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula saturata   Flame Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus niveus   Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)       Eremochrysa punctinervis   Green Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver (eggs)    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver (adult & eggs)    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider