It was very hot and sunny as a team of sixteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. The front legs of the male leafcutter bee shown below are highly modified. When mating, he places these fringed flattened appendages over the female's eyes, positioning scent glands close to her antennae. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Unknown sp. (cicada, teneral) photo by Dwayne Mann Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren) photo by Beth Kirkhart Progne subis (purple martin, adult & immature) photo by Bill Boyd Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Dan Hardy Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Katherine Daniels Megachile fortis (leaf-cutter bee, male) photo by Julie Shaw Anomalon sp. (ichneumon) photo by Barbara Ribble Mermiria bivittata (two-striped mermiria ovipositing) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus & Schistocerca nitens (Texas spiny lizard eating gray bird grasshopper) photo by Barbara Ribble Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Katherine Daniels Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper) photo by Dan Zinn Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctata (cocklebur weevil) photo by Julie Shaw Metcalfa pruinosa & Unknown sp. (citrus planthopper & parasitic mite) photo by Val Bugh Leiobunum sp. (harvestmen) photo by Dan Hardy Kukulcania hibernalis & Uresiphita reversalis (southern house spider eating genista caterpillar) photo by Dwayne Mann Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Allocosa funerea (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) 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 Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Grackle (Quiscalus sp.) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 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) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 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) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper (adult & egg)       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)       Paratrea plebeja   Plebian Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Desmia sp.   Moth (adult & larva)       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anadelosemia texanella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Untomia albistrigella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Landryia sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    cossidae   Fania nanus   Carpenterworm Moth    tineidae   Xystrologa new sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Griburius sp.   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Anomoea flavokansiensis   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica longicornis   Leaf Beetle       Kuschelina gibbitarsa   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    erotylidae   Pharaxonotha kirschii   Pleasing Fungus Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    curculionidae   Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctata   Cocklebur Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Atrazonotus umbrosus   Seed Bug (nymph)       Ligyrocoris sp.   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Tupiocoris sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Eutettix pictus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius palliolata   Leafhopper       Jikradia olitoria   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    cicadidae   Unknown sp.   Cicada    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Anthophora capistrata   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes bimaculatus   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant       Forelius sp.   Ant    torymidae   Podagrion sp.   Torymid Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Hadrokolos texanus   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito (larva)    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon 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       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Hapithus agitator   Restless Bush Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)       Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    chrysopidae   Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis   Green Lacewing    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly trichoptera   hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus mystaceus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Allocosa funerea   Wolf Spider    filistatidae   Kukulcania hibernalis   Southern House Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider       Modisimus texanus   Cellar Spider