The weather was hot and mostly sunny as fifteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. Even though both bumble and carpenter bees (see below) have relatively long tongues, the nectar of some flowers can still be out of reach. The carpenter bee has bitten into the base of the Salvia blossom and is engaged in a behavior called "nectar stealing." Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Lomamyia squamosa (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Lepisosteus oculatus (spotted gar) photo by Katherine Daniels Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Beth Kirkhart Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by George Ward Givira theodori (carpenterworm moth: 2 views) photo by Sam Fruehling & Dan Hardy Monoceratuncus lantana (moth) photo by Val Bugh Leptotes marina (marine blue: egg, young & older larvae) photo by Dan Hardy Dioprosopa clavata (flower fly larva & pupa) photo by Val Bugh & Dan Hardy Bubulcus ibis (cattle egret) photo by Beth Kirkhart Progne subis (purple martin, juvenile) photo by Sam Fruehling Bombus pensylvanicus & Xylocopa micans (American bumble bee & southern carpenter bee) photo by George Ward & Katherine Daniels Chlorion cyaneum & Arenivaga sp. (cockroach hunter & female sand roach) photo by Dwayne Mann Lepidophora lepidocera (bee fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Oncerometopus nigriclavus (plant bug) photo by Beth Kirkhart Leptoglossus phyllopus (eastern leaf-footed bug: nymph & adult) photo by Katherine Daniels Stagmomantis limbata (bordered mantis nymph) photo by Katherine Daniels Parcoblatta fulvescens (fulvous wood roach) photo by Val Bugh Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick, female) photo by Bill Boyd Metepeira sp. (orbweaver egg sacs) photo by Val Bugh Hentzia palmarum (long-jawed jumper) 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 Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Grackle (Quiscalus sp.) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 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) 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, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), adult & tadpoles Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes infimella   Moth       Varneria atrifasciella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pelochrista comatulana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Monoceratuncus lantana   Moth    gelechiidae   Hypatima sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth       Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    cossidae   Givira theodori   Carpenterworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    elateridae   Paradonus sp.   Click Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    curculionidae   Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctata   Cocklebur Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Tupiocoris sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    dactylopiidae   Datylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Svastra obliqua   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp       Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant       Forelius sp.   Ant    torymidae   Podagrion sp.   Torymid Wasp    scelionidae   Unknown sp.   Scelionid Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp       Kokkocynips rileyi   Gall Wasp (larval gall)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva & pupa)    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Lepidophora lepidocera   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    drosophilidae   Drosophila sp.   Vinegar Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly       Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach       Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach    blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach    corydiidae   Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis limbata   Bordered Mantis (nymph)       Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver (adult & eggs)    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Latrodectus sp.   Black Widow       Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider