The weather was hot and mostly cloudy as fourteen participants contributed to this week's survey. The circular bits that leaf-cutter bees remove from various plants are used as a protective lining for their nests. It takes only a few seconds for a bee to complete the cut and fly away, rarely allowing time to obtain a photo such as shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Caracara cheriway (crested caracara) photo by Bill Boyd Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Annelia Williams Zenaida asiatica (white-winged doves) photo by Bill Boyd Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Bill Boyd Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard, minus tail) photo by Dan Zinn Boopedon gracile (graceful range grasshopper: color variations) photo by Sam Fruehling Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by Dan Zinn Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Annelia Williams Kricogonia lyside (lyside sulphur) photo by Katherine Daniels Anax junius (common green darner male guarding ovipositing female) photo by Mike Quinn Xanthaciura sp. (fruit fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Phidippus audax & Xanthaciura sp. (bold jumper eating fruit fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Helocassis clavata (clavate tortoise beetle: 2 views) photo by Dan Hardy & Victoria Briseno Largus sp. (largus bug nymph) photo by Linda Crabtree Mozena lunata (mesquite bug) photo by Joe Fernandes Arachnophaga sp. (eupelmid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Megachile fortis (leaf-cutter bee with leaf chunk) photo by Mike Quinn Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee covered with pollen) photo by Katherine Daniels Stelis sp. (dark bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Anoplotermes fumosus & Reticulitermes sp. (soldierless termites & subterranean termites) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 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) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) 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) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh tracks White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Eastern Blackneck Garter Snake (Thamnophis curtopsis ocellatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Spragueia obatra   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Hypena minualis   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    eutellidae   Paectes abrostolella   Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Bactra furfurana   Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    pterophoridae   Stenoptilodes sp.   Plume Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha sp.   Bird-dropping Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Helocassis clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult, pupa & larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Hydrophilus triangularis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Enochrus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Paracymus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    helophoridae   Helophorus sp.   Beetle    heteroceridae   Heterocerus sp.   Variegated Mud-loving Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Heteroderes amplicollis   Gulf Wireworm    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    mycetophagidae   Typhaea stercorea   Hairy Fungus Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Parthenicus sp.   Plant Bug    nabidae   Hoplistoscelis sp.   Damsel Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper       Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    achilidae   Opsiplanon luella   Planthopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    aphalaridae   Gyropsylla ilecis   Yaupon Psyllid (larval galls)    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Stelis sp.   Dark Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying 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    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Carebara longii   Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Nylanderia sp.   Crazy Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    eupelmidae   Arachnophaga sp.   Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum fraudulentum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly       Hermetia relicta   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    tephritidae   Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly       Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) blattodea   unknown family   Unknown sp.   Cockroach (eggs) isoptera   termitidae   Anoplotermes fumosus   Soldierless Termite    rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)       Perveleon dorsalis   Antlion zygentoma   nicoletiidae   Battigrassiella wheeleri   Silverfish araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa asperata   Northern Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver