After overnight heavy rainfall, the weather was delightfully cool and cloudy with intermittent drizzle as eight volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Of the large fuzzy black and yellow insects shown below, only the Sonoran bumble bee is capable of stinging. Male bees and moths have no such defense, being protected from predators by mimicry alone. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth) photo by George Ward Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth: clear spot on wing) photo by Beth Kirkhart Acontia cretata (chalky bird dropping moth larvae: color variations) photo by Julie Shaw Phidippus audax & Cuerna costalis (bold jumper eating leafhopper) photo by Katherine Daniels Eumesosoma roeweri (harvestman) photo by Julie Shaw Oligonicella scudderi (Scudder's mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Litaneutria minor (ground mantis) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina & Archytas sp. (Carolina mantis eating tachinid fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Vespula maculifrons & Stagmomantis carolina (eastern yellowjacket attacking Carolina mantis) photo by Julie Shaw Zelus renardii (assassin bug nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Helicina orbiculata (globular drop) photo by Val Bugh Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail) photo by Val Bugh Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Accipiter striatus (sharp-shinned hawk juvenile) photo by George Ward Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Bill Boyd Bombus sonorus (Sonoran bumble bee worker) photo by Katherine Daniels Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee male) photo by Katherine Daniels Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Katherine Daniels Systoechus sp. (bee fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Poecilanthrax lucifer (bee fly) photo by Julie Shaw Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 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) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), bones Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache expolita   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth (larva)       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia gracilenta   Slender Flower Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & eggs)    euteliidae   Paectes abrostolella   Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Pococera euphemella   Mesquite Leaftier Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pseudogalleria inimicella   Inimical Borer Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Aristotelia new sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina simplicius   Three-dotted Plume Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tineidae   Xystrologa new sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera scalaris   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Cyclotrachelus sp.   Ground Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta sp.   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    scarabaeidae   Unknown sp.   Scarab (larva)    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle       Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    elateridae   Scaptolenus sp.   Rain Click Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (egg)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    miridae   Eustictus sp.   Plant Bug       Parthenicus juniperi   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Svastra sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    vespidae   Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula maculifrons   Eastern Yellowjacket    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    scelionidae   Unknown sp.   Scelionid Wasp    cynipidae   Andricus texanus   Gall Wasp (galls)    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Meromacrus acutus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Aphoebantus sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly       Gnadochaeta sp.   Tachinid Fly       Microphthalma disjuncta   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Neurigona sp.   Long-legged Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Libellula pulchella   Twelve-spotted Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Campylacantha sp.   Planthopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis       Litaneutria minor   Ground Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis (nymph & eggs) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips archaeognatha   unknown family   Unknown sp.   Bristletail araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider