A group of sixteen conducted this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. While adult robber flies (asilidae) are predators, attacking flying insects, adult bee flies (bombyliidae) feed upon nectar. Their larvae, however, are parasitoids upon solitary bee and wasp larvae in their nests. Examples of both families are shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Corvus brachyrhynchos (American crow, immature) photo by Barbara Ribble Zenaida macroura (mourning dove) photo by Joe Fernandes Passerina ciris (painted bunting, immature male) photo by Annelia Williams Passerina ciris (painted bunting, mature male) photo by Bill Boyd Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, male) photo by Dan Hardy Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer, male) photo by Joe Fernandes Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake eating grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper, immature) photo by Linda Crabtree Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Dan Hardy Dianthidium subrufulum (resin bee) photo by Dwayne Mann Saropogon sp. (robber fly eating sweat bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Promachus hinei (robber fly eating bumble bee) photo by Dan Hardy Systoechus sp. (bee fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Toxophora virgata (bee fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Anthrax sp. (bee fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Systelloderes sp. (gnat bug) photo by Val Bugh Leptomantispa pulchella (mantisfly) photo by Barbara Ribble Gymnetis thula (harlequin flower beetle) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) 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) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 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) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Iridopsis perfectaria   Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Sciota subfuscella   Striped Sumac Leafroller Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema chromata   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Grapholita packardi   Cherry Fruitworm Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth    momphidae   Mompha rufocristatella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    cossidae   Inguromorpha new sp.   Carpenterworm Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Griburius sp.   Leaf Beetle       Plagiometriona clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle (adult & larva)       Anomoea flavokansiensis   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Metrioidea sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn       Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Smodicum cucujiforme   Flat Oak Borer    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Gymnetis thula   Harlequin Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    haliplidae   Peltodytes sp.   Crawling Water Beetle    bostrichidae   Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle    curculionidae   Unknown sp.   Pinhole Borer hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Atrazonotus umbrosus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    enicocephalidae   Systelloderes sp.   Gnat Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Ponana sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes bimaculatus   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium subrufulum   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant       Unknown sp.   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Forelius sp.   Ant    torymidae   Podagrion sp.   Torymid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva)    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly       Anthrax sp.   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Toxophora virgata   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly       Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly    tephritidae   Neaspilota sp.   Fruit Fly odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula saturata   Flame Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph) blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Cockroach    ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Cockroach neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius sp.   Brown Lacewing    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly       Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver