The weather was gorgeously warm and mostly sunny as fourteen volunteers completed this week's survey. Many early season flowers are tiny, and so are the insects visiting them. It doesn't take much to move a few pollen grains between blossoms; bees and flies are among the most proficient, but even bugs, such as the yellow-dusted Hyaline Plant Bug shown below, can perform the task. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by Katherine Daniels Lithobates berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Joe Fernandes Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) photo by Betty McCreary Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Bill Boyd Turdus migratorius (American robin) photo by Joe Fernandes Bombycilla cedrorum (cedar waxwings & a robin) photo by Beth Kirkhart Passerella iliaca (fox sparrow) photo by Annelia Williams Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymph) photo by Lisa Audiffred Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly: dark & light variations) photo by Val Bugh & Katherine Daniels Spilosoma congrua (agreeable tiger moth) photo by Dwayne Mann Lactura subfervens (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Liorhyssus hyalinus (hyaline grass bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Zabrotes spectabilis (bean weevil) photo by Katherine Daniels Ypsolopha ochrella (agarita slug) photo by Dan Hardy Polyxenus sp. (bristly millipede) photo by Beth Kirkhart Habronattus fallax (jumping spider: 2 views) photo by Dwayne Mann & Joe Fernandes Latrodectus mactans (southern black widow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrileatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.), immature Mite (Unknown sp.) Globular Springtail (Unknown sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Acronicta tota   Dagger Moth       Acronicta lobeliae   Greater Oak Dagger       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithocodia       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Zale calycanthata   Double-banded Zale    arctiidae   Spilosoma congrua   Agreeable Tiger Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Cleora sublunaria   Double-lined Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Paleacrita vernata   Spring Cankerworm Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta demantrialis   Pyrausta Moth       Noctueliopsis bububattalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Myelopsis minutulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Ephestiodes infimella   Moth    tortricidae   Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera spoliana   Bare-patched Leafroller Moth       Gypsonoma haimbachiana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis comparanda   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Filatima xanthuris   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Plume Moth       Hellinsia lacteodactylus   Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth (adult & larva)    yponomeutidae   Zelleria ochroplagiata   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth       Parornix sp.   Moth       Caloptilia rhoifoliella   Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth    momphidae   Mompha sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Zabrotes spectabilis   Bean Weevil    cerambycidae   Anelaphus villosus   Twig Pruner    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Lebia viridis   Ground Beetle       Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Enochrus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    heteroceridae   Heterocerus sp.   Variegated Mud-loving Beetle    ptinidae   Stegobium paniceum   Drugstore Beetle    curculionidae   Conotrachelus naso   Weevil hemiptera   rhyparochromidae   Pseudopamera setosa   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    miridae   Parthenicus juniperi   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper    aphididae   Tetraneura sp.   Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    cynipidae   Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Tanypus sp.   Midge orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasutiform Termite (adults & eggs) neuroptera   coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing araneae   salticidae   Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (eggs)       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    oxyopidae   Oxyopes apollo   Lynx Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider