Partly cloudy skies kept the temperature only moderately hot as ten participants completed this week's survey. Besides a pair of large compound eyes, many insects possess additional smaller, simple eyes. Three of these ocelli are clearly visible in the center of the paper wasp's head in the image below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Eacles imperialis (imperial moth) photo by Dan Zinn Ethmia delliella (ladder-backed ethmia) photo by Val Bugh Schinia rivulosa (ragweed flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia gracilenta (slender flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypsopygia olinalis (yellow-fringed dolichomia) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Dan Hardy Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper) photo by Dan Hardy Libytheana carinenta (American snout larva) photo by Dan Hardy Zerene cesonia (southern dogface larvae: close up & camouflaged) photo by Dan Hardy & Linda Crabtree Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Katherine Daniels Peucetia viridans & Horama panthalon (green lynx eating Texas wasp moth) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus, Leptus sp. & Aethiophysa invisalis (striped bark scorpion, with mite on tail, eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's hawk) photo by Annelia Williams Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Bill Boyd Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Bill Boyd Mozena lunata (mesquite bug nymph) photo by Katherine Daniels Alydus pilosulus & Hyalymenus tarsatus (broad-headed bug nymphs) photo by Katherine Daniels Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.), galls on Texas persimmon Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout (adult & larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (larva)       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing (adult & larva)    noctuidae   Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Ponometia venustula   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird-dropping Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia gracilenta   Slender Flower Moth       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Toxonprucha excavata   Moth    arctiidae   Horama panthalon   Texas Wasp Moth    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Macaria graphidaria   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Idaea furciferata   Notch-winged Wave       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pseudopyrausta santatalis   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Sciota rubrisparsella   Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Zamagiria australella   Moth       Canarsia ulmiarrosorella   Elm Leaftier Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Monoceratuncus lantana   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Polyhymno acaciella   Moth       Chionodes phalacra   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    cosmopterigidae   Triclonella determinatella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia delliella   Ladder-backed Ethmia    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    tischeriidae   Coptotriche sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Helocassis clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle       Unknown sp.   Tortoise Beetle (larva)       Acanthoscelides pectoralis   Bean Weevil    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Bothrotes sp.   Darkling Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Smicronyx spretus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (nymph)    miridae   Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Eustictus sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Ceratocapsus sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Eutettix slossoni   Leafhopper       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Osbornellus scalaris   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aphididae   Tinocallis sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    cynipidae   Andricus quercusfoliatus   Leafy Oak Gall (larva)       Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall (larva)       Belonocnema kinseyi   Leaf Gall (larva)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    keroplatidae   Proceroplatus sp.   Predatory Fungus Gnat    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly    glossosomatidae   Unknown sp.   Little Black Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider       Tmarus sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa sp.   Wolf Spider