The clouds slowly cleared on a warm morning as a dozen participants conducted this week's survey. After damselflies mate, they sometimes remain in tandem, as shown below. The male keeps other males away and distracts predators by contact guarding the female as she lays her eggs (oviposits). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Aspidoscelis gularis & Pasimachus californicus (Texas spotted whiptail attacking ground beetle larva) photo by Beth Kirkhart Efferia sp. & Aetole tripunctella (robber fly eating moth) photo by Joe Fernandes Tylospilus acutissimus & Unknown sp. (predatory stink bug eating moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin) photo by George Ward Lithobates berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Joe Fernandes Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Bill Boyd Telebasis salva (desert firetails) photo by George Ward Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick nymph) photo by Val Bugh Mermiria bivittata (two-striped mermiria nymph) photo by Julie Shaw Chrysoperla plorabunda (green lacewing larva) photo by Val Bugh Telamona concava (treehopper) photo by Joe Fernandes Fowlerium acuta (planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula) photo by Joe Fernandes Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by George Ward Pontia protodice (checkered white larva) photo by Dan Hardy Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth larva) photo by Dan Hardy Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth larva in cocoon) photo by Dan Hardy Corvus corax (common raven) photo by Annelia Williams Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by George Ward Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Pat Dittmar Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 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 Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Egret (Areda alba) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Psinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrileatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa), immature Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent (adult & pupa)       Megisto cymela   Little Wood-satyr    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur (adult & larva)       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White (adult & larva)       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Celotes nessus   Common Streaky-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Amblyscirtes nysa   Nysa Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha orthozona   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Sympistis kappa   Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth (adult & larva)       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Metria amelia   Live Oak Metria (larva)       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx       Paratraea plebeja   Plebeian Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia continuata   Curve-lined Angle       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-lined Carpet       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Caudellia nigrella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Sciota rubrisparsella   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis pulcherrimana   Beautiful Sparganothis       Sparganothis demissana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota semiustana   Platynota Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Argyrotaenia quercifoliana   Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha sp.   Bird Dropping Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth (larva)    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Scythris trivinctella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Zelleria ochroplagiata   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Plume Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth       Marmara sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Rhabdopterus sp.   Leaf Beetle       Parorectis callosa   Tortoise Beetle       Brachycoryna pumila   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle       Tetraopes texanus   Milkweed Longhorn       Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle (larva)       Agonum punctiforme   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Lobopoda socia   Comb-clawed Beetle       Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle    dermestidae   Cryptorhopalum sp.   Dermestid Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil       Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris davisi   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Neocapsus cuneatus   Yucca Plant Bug       Pseudoxenetus regalis   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Gracilimiris litoralis   Plant Bug       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Rasahus biguttatus   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult, nymph, eggs)       Tylospilus acutissimus   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Norvellina seminuda   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper    membracidae   Cyrtolobus tuberosus   Treehopper       Telamona concava   Treehopper       Xantholobus nigrocinctus   Treehopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    triozidae   Baeoalitriozus diospyri   Persimmon Psyllid    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlora pura   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    crabronidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Labidus coecus   Legionary Ant (male)       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    bethylidae   Unknown sp.   Bethylid Wasp    diapriidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus texensis   Ichneumon       Tromatobia sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Anthrax pluto   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes sinuosa   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    muscidae   Neomyia cornicina   Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    empididae   Rhamphomyia sp.   Dance Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick (nymph) blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach    ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing       Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips psocoptera   psocidae   Unknown sp.   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Metacyrba taeniola   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Mecynogea lemniscata   Basilica Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    lycosidae   Gladicosa pulchra   Wolf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula