It was hot and mostly sunny as eleven volunteers contributed to this week's survey. One of the anatomical features that separates most lizards from the closely related snakes is movable eyelids, but the gecko shown below lacks this trait. Like snakes, it cannot close its eyes. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Katherine Daniels Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak: larva & adult) photo by Val Bugh & Dan Hardy Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph) photo by Val Bugh Petrophila jaliscalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Dan Hardy Larinia directa (orbweaver) photo by Victoria Briseno Unknown sp. & Digrammia pallidata (parasitic mites on moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmers mating) photo by Dan Zinn Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Joe Fernandes Aidemona azteca (Aztec spurthroat nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Paratettix mexicanus (pygmy grasshoppers: color variations) photo by Val Bugh & Victoria Briseno Palpada nr. furcata (flower fly) photo by George Ward Geron sp. (bee fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Exoprosopa sp. (bee fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Promachus hinei (robber flies mating) photo by Dan Zinn Ammophila sp. (thread-waisted wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Lomamyia banksi (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Leptomantispa pulchella (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Lepyronia quadrangularis & Acinopterus sp. (spittlebug & leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 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) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 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) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth    erebidae   Bulia deducta   Moth    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Desmia sp.   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Pococera maritimalis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    tineidae   Xystrologa new sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Eburia quadrigeminata   Longhorn Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    ptinidae   Tricorynus sp.   Beetle    dermestidae   Cryptorhopalum sp.   Dermestid Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Tupiocoris sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    tingidae   Teleonemia scrupulosa   Lace Bug    notonectidae   Notonecta sp.   Backswimmer    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper       Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    dactylopiidae   Datylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Neotibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer       Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Spider Wasp       Episyron sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Forelius sp.   Ant       Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    evaniidae   Hyptia sp.   Ensign Wasp    chalcididae   Conura amoena   Chalcid Wasp    braconidae   Urosigalphus sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada nr. furcata   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    drosophilidae   Rhinoleucophenga obesa   Vinegar Fly odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)       Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)    berothidae   Lomamyia banksi   Beaded Lacewing    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly       Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly strepsiptera   stylopidae   Unknown sp.   Twisted-wing Parasite araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Larinia directa   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider (eggs)       Theridion murarium   Cobweb Spider