Twelve volunteers participated in our 500th survey under hot, sunny conditions. Coral snakes are ground dwelling predators that primarily eat other small snakes and usually prefer to remain hidden under leaf litter. The individual shown below spent at least 20 minutes in full view, slowly climbing about on small tree trunks (up to about 3 feet from the ground) and adjacent shrubs. Needless to say, its behavior was puzzling. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Thamnophis marcianus marcianus (checkered garter snake) photo by Dan Hardy Micrurus tener (Texas coral snake) photo by Bill Boyd Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Sam Fruehling Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper) photo by Justin Williams Metacyrba taeniola (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Habronattus fallax (jumping spider) photo by Justin Williams Libellula pulchella (twelve-spotted skimmer) photo by Beth Kirkhart Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer) photo by Bill Boyd Jalysus sp. (stilt bug) photo by Justin Williams Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak larva) photo by Justin Williams Amphion floridensis (nessus sphinx larva) photo by Dan Hardy Horama panthalon (Texas wasp moth) photo by Val Bugh Euclemensia bassettella (kermes scale moth) photo by Val Bugh Choristoneura houstonana (juniper budworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Galasa nigrinodis (boxwood leaftier moth) photo by Val Bugh Systoechus sp. (bee fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Paederus sp. (rove beetle) photo by Val Bugh Ictinia mississippiensis (Mississippi kite) photo by Dan Hardy Icteria galbula (Baltimore oriole with insect) photo by Annelia Williams Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 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) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus marcianus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Globular Springtail (Unknown sp.) Slender Springtail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Celotes nessus   Common Streaky-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Eubolina impartialis   Moth    arctiidae   Horama panthalon   Texas Wasp Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)       Amphion floridensis   Nessus Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Sciota rubrisparsella   Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Sonia constrictana   Constricted Sonia Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista comatulana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (adult & larva)    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    cosmopterigidae   Euclemensia bassettella   Kermes Scale Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth       Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia hodgesella   Ethmia Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Sennius sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult, pupa & larva)    staphylinidae   Tachyporus jocosus   Crab-like Rove Beetle       Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    mycetophagidae   Typhaea stercorea   Hairy Fungus Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Naupactus peregrinus   White-fringed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Tupiocoris sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Eutettix slossoni   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    delphacidae   Metadelphax propinqua   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlora pura   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Stenodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly       Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus kansensis   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Scleropogon sp.   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Hadrokolos texanus   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Chrysotus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    milichiidae   Desmometopa sp.   Freeloader Fly       Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Ablabesmyia sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula pulchella   Twelve-spotted Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range 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 (adult & nymph)       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph)    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider       Metacyrba taeniola   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona sp.   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theridiidae   Tidarren sisyphoides   Cobweb Spider       Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider       Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider