A team of twelve conducted this week's survey under cool, rainy conditions turning sunny by afternoon. The Desert Stink Beetle shown below has fused elytra (wing covers). Its survival in such a battered condition attests to the efficacy of such reinforced armor. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly) photo by Val Bugh Lucilia sp. (blow fly) photo by Val Bugh Chrysopa sp. & Aphis nerii (very wet green lacewing larva & oleander aphids) photo by Joe Fernandes Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Melanoplus discolor (contrasting spurthroat grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Microtomus purcis (assassin bug) photo by Barbara Ribble Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly, male) photo by Val Bugh Atanycolus sp. (braconid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Protandrena sp. (bee) photo by Joe Fernandes Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue) photo by Barbara Ribble Brephidium exile (western pygmy-blue) photo by Val Bugh Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch: female & male) photo by Bill Boyd Eleodes goryi (desert stink beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Unknown sp. (symphylan) photo by Val Bugh Schizocosa sp. & Rabidosa rabida (wolf spiders) photo by Michael Knox & Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Bill Boyd Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Spilosoma virginica (Virginian tiger moth larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) 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) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Snout Mite (Unknown sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Symphylan (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Globular Springtail (Sminthurus sp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Brephidium exile   Western Pygmy-blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Bulia deducta   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle    crambidae   Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth       Ephestiodes mignonella   Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    scythrididae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Helocassis clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle (larva)    carabidae   Cyclotrachelus substriatus   Ground Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Anasa tristis   Squash Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Microtomus purcis   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Menecles insertus   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Tinocallis sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Atanycolus sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    muscidae   Musca domestica   House Fly       Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly       Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly       Unknown sp.   Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Gymnoclytia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    lauxaniidae   Poecilominettia valida   Lauxaniid Fly    ephydridae   Athyroglossa glaphyropus   Shore Fly    tephritidae   Rhagoletis juniperina   Fruit Fly    empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia bipunctata   Biting Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca American Bird Grasshopper   Fly       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysopa sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly psocoptera   psocidae   Unknown sp.   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Raidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Unknown sp.   Cellar Spider