It was hot and mostly sunny as eighteen volunteers completed this week's survey. The stabilimentum in an orb web is made of aciniform silk (the same material that is used to wrap prey). As Black and Yellow Garden Spiders age, this feature changes shape (see images below), from a wide disk to a vertical zigzag line. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, male) photo by Bill Boyd Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher, female) photo by Julie Shaw Anomoea flavokansiensis (leaf beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by David Cook Platphalonidia magdalenae (moth) photo by Sofia Maass Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, immature) photo by Julie Shaw Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, a litle older) photo by Dwayne Mann Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx larva) photo by Linda Crabtree Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary larva) photo by Dwayne Mann Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper larva) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva) photo by Julie Shaw Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk, juvenile) photo by Beth Kirkhart Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Contopus cooperi (olive-sided flycatcher) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by George Ward Oecanthus celerinictus (fast-calling tree cricket, female) photo by Val Bugh Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick, male) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 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) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) 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), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrileatus) Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Copaeodes sp.   Skipperling    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Agrotis sp.   Dart (larva)       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria (larva)    arctiidae   Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (adult & larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Pelochrista salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Leafroller Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Zomaria interruptolineana   Broken-line Zomaria       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Platynota idaeusalis   Tufted Apple Bud Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Antaeotricha sp.   Bird Dropping Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    scythididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Chaetocnema quadricollis   Flea Beetle       Anomoea flavokansiensis   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis sp.   Leaf Beetle       Helocassis clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle       Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Ephelinus sp.   Rove Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia sp.   Water Treader    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug       Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala inscripta   Waterlettuce Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Jikradia olitoria   Leafhopper (nymph)       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (eggs)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)       Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    membracidae   Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)       Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper       Thionia elliptica   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    crabronidae   Astata sp.   Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Parazumia symmorpha   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus texensis   Ichneumon       Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Laphria macquarti   Robber Fly       Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (adult & nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)       Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Nectopsyche sp.   White Miller       Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes scalaris   Lynx Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    linyphiidae   Neriene radiata   Filmy Dome Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    pholcidae   Modisimus texanus   Cellar Spider