Eleven volunteers completed this week's survey under warm, heavily overcast conditions. The tick shown below is in the typical position assumed when the animal is waiting to grab onto a passing vertebrate. These arachnids are usually found on low, narrow vegetation such as grass stems or, in this case, a Nolina leaf. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Amblyomma maculatum (gulf coast tick: 2 views) photo by Val Bugh Euodynerus hidalgo & Homoeosoma electella (mason wasp with sunflower moth larva) photo by Linda Crabtree Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus (wheel bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Murgantia histrionica (harlequin bug) photo by Val Bugh Prepops sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Homalodisca vitripennis (glassy-winged sharpshooter: adult & nymph) photo by Val Bugh & Beth Kirkhart Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Bill Boyd Buteo platypterus (broad-winged hawk) photo by Beth Kirkhart Anax junius (common green darner) photo by Val Bugh Plathemis lydia (common whitetail) photo by Linda Crabtree Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Harriett Wolf Automeris io (Io moth) photo by Harriett Wolf Walshia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Satyrium calanus (banded hairstreak) photo by Beth Kirkhart Satyrium favonius (oak hairstreak) photo by Dan Zinn Necrobia rufipes, Conoderus bellus, Longitarsus sp., Calymmaderus nitidus (tiny beetles) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 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) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 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) Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) 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) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus caldendula) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 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-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (larva)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Satyrium calanus   Banded Hairstreak       Cupido comyntas   Eastern Tailed-blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth (adult & larva)    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Lesmone detrahens   Detracted Owlet    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)       Automeris io   Io Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Cacotherapia flexilinealis   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Argyrotaenia quercifoliana   Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Pseudotelphusa sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    gracillariidae   Marmara sp.   Moth       Parornix sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    cosmopterigidae   Walshia sp.   Moth       Periploca sp.   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella resplendensella   Pygmy Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle       Longitarsus sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle       Scaptolenus sp.   Rain Click Beetle       Conoderus bellus   Click Beetle    cleridae   Necrobia rufipes   Red-legged Ham Beetle    ptinidae   Calymmaderus nitidus   Beetle    melyridae   Attalus sp.   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    curculionidae   Nicentrus decipiens   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    hydrometridae   Hydrometra sp.   Marsh Treader    miridae   Plagiognathus maculipennis   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus sp.   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma nicholi   Yucca Plant Bug       Eustictus sp.   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    thyreocoridae   Galgupha sp.   Ebony Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Murgantia histrionica   Harlequin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   leafhopper       Draeculacephala inscripta   Waterlettuce Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Ossiannilssonola nr-ulmi   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper (nymph)       Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper    delphacidae   Unknown sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Cyrtolobus parvulus   Treehopper       Atymna sp.   Treehopper    aphalaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia reinhardi   Soldier Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    limoniidae   Eugnophomyia luctuosa   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus fasciatus   Slender Meadow Katydid (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach    blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    glossosomatidae   Unknown sp.   Little Black Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider