It was hot and sunny as nineteen volunteers completed this week's survey. Female Neon Skimmers have a pair of lateral flanges near the tip of their abdomen that fling a water drop several inches away when the insects repeatedly dip their tail to oviposit (lay an egg), as shown below. The splash of the droplet can sometimes, but certainly not always, lure fish away from the slowly sinking egg. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee at nest hole) photo by Dwayne Mann Tiphia sp. (tiphiid wasps mating) photo by Val Bugh Allograpta obliqua (flower fly) photo by James Giroux Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by James Giroux Spiza americana (dickcissel) photo by Bill Boyd Tyrannus verticalis (western kingbird) photo by George Ward Tyrannus tyrannus (eastern kingbird) photo by George Ward Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Annelia Williams Bubo virginianus & Apis mellifera (great horned owl & honey bee) photo by Dwayne Mann Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Harriett Wolf Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Sam Fruehling Atalopedes campestris (sachems: female & male) photo by Dan Zinn Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Libellula saturata (flame skimmer, male) photo by Dan Hardy Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, male) photo by Dan Hardy Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer ovipositing) photo by Joe Fernandes Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Beth Kirkhart Unknown sp. (green lacewing larva carrying debris) photo by Linda Crabtree Armadillidium vulgare (pillbug: a striking color variation) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereogenteus), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: 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), adult & tadpole Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), adult & tadpole Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) White-lip Globe (Mesodon thyroidus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (pupa & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (larva)       Acronicta afflicta   Afflicted Dagger       Acronicta brumosa   Charred Dagger       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cosmia calami   American Dun-bar Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Euerythra trimaculata   Three-spotted Specter    notodontidae   Heterocampa subrotata   Small Heterocampa    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave (larva)       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Arta olivalis   Olive Arta Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Ofatulena duodecemstriata   Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Cenopis diluticostana   Spring Dead-leafroller Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Telphusa perspicua   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    momphidae   Mompha rufocristatella   Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    tineidae   Monopis quinquistrigella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Metrioidea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (pupa)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer       Texania fulleri   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Dromochorus belfragei   Tiger Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Hygrotus nubilus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    phalacridae   Phalacrus sp.   Shining Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    heteroceridae   Heterocerus sp.   Variegated Mud-loving Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer       Rhyssemus sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle       Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Ephelinus sp.   Rove Beetle    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Unknown sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Merocoris distinctus   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Halticotoma nicholi   Yucca Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Agallia constricta   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Saccharosydne saccharivora   West Indian Canefly    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper       Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    crabronidae   Astata sp.   Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    tiphiidae   Tiphia sp.   Tiphiid Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    mutillidae   Unknown sp.   Nocturnal Velvet Ant    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Tenthredo sp.   Common Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes sinuosa   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus kansensis   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    conopidae   Zodion sp.   Thick-headed Fly    chloropidae   Unknown sp.   Frit Fly    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    scatopsidae   Unknown sp.   Minute Black Scavenger Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula saturata   Flame Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus celerinctus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly       Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider