Eleven volunteers participated in this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. When a cicada reaches maturity, the nymph molts, shedding its old skin to emerge as an adult. As shown below, the exuviae left behind has clean breaks where the structural sutures split to allow the insect to escape. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Homalodisca vitripennis (glassy-winged sharpshooter) photo by Joe Fernandes Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Sam Fruehling Unknown sp. (cicada exuviae) photo by Dwayne Mann Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bees) photo by Joe Fernandes Episyron sp. (spider wasp) photo by Dwayne Mann Eumenes smithii (potter wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Prionyx sp. (thread-waisted wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Hoplitimyia mutabilis (soldier fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Chrysomya sp. (blow fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Joe Fernandes Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer) photo by Bill Boyd Peruveleon dorsalis (antlion) photo by Val Bugh Hileithia magualis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Phyprosopus callitrichoides (curve-lined owlet moth) photo by Val Bugh Ofatulena duodecemstriata (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Hirundo rustica (barn swallow) photo by Annelia Williams Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Bill Boyd Latrodectus mactans (southern black widow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 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) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 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) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) 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) 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) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) 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) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth    erebidae   Phyprosopus callitrichoides   Curve-lined Owlet    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Caudellia nigrella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Ofatulena duodecemstriata   Leafroller Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    autostichidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    tineidae   Monopis crocicapitella   Bird Nest Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle    elateridae   Glyphonyx sp.   Click Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle       Trogoxylon parallelipipedum   Velvety Powderpost Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Tempyra biguttula   Seed Bug    tingidae   Corythucha morrilli   Morrill Lace Bug (nymph)    berytidae   Metacanthus multispinus   Stilt Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Dendrocoris humeralis   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Idiocerus nervatus   Leafhopper       Macrosteles quadrilineatus   Aster Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper       Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Pintalia delicata   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Unknown sp.   Cicada (exuviae)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   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 habenus   Digger Wasp       Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Spider Wasp       Episyron sp.   Spider Wasp       Notocyphus dorsalis   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Forelius sp.   Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant    dryinidae   Unknown sp.   Dryinid Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp (larval galls) diptera   bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa iota   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Chrysomya sp.   Blow Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    gryllidae   Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)       Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Marpissa lineata   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider       Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider