The weather was hot and mostly sunny as sixteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. Adult scoliid wasps, such as shown below, feed on nectar, but their larvae are parasitoids of scarab beetle grubs. The female wasp digs down to the beetle larva, stings and paralyzes it, then lays an egg on the victim. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Poecilia latipinna (sailfin molly, male) photo by Joe Fernandes Tyrannus forficatus (scissor-tailed flycatcher) photo by Annelia Williams Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing) photo by David Cook Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing, male) photo by Dwayne Mann Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing, female) photo by Dwayne Mann Euphyes vestris (dun skipper puddling) photo by Val Bugh Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor, female) photo by Harriett Wolf Asterocampa clyton (tawny emperor, male) photo by George Ward Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail, male) photo by Beth Kirkhart Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Jalysus sp. (stilt bug) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura posita (fragile forktail, male & female) photo by Val Bugh Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Bill Boyd Pepsis sp. (tarantula-hawk wasp) photo by Dwayne Mann Centris atripes (digger bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Colpa octomaculata (scoliid wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Efferia sp. & Polacantha sp. (one robber fly eating another) photo by Beth Kirkhart Saropogon sp. (robber fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Trichopoda plumipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 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) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrileatus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Anaea aidea   Tropical Leafwing    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth       Manduca quinquemaculata   Five-spotted Hawk Moth    cossidae   Fania nanus   Carpenterworm Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Honora mellinella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Salebriaria annulosella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Untomia albistrigella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth (larva)    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    tineidae   Stenoptinea auriferella   Fungus Moth (pupa)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica longicornis   Leaf Beetle       Unknown sp.   Warty Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Mallodon dasystomus   Hardwood Stump Borer       Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer       Tetraopes texanus   Milkweed Longhorn    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Dromochorus belfragei   Tiger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    scarabaeidae   Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle       Dendrobiella sericans   Powder-post Beetle    mordellidae   Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Thermonectus basillaris   Predaceous Diving Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug       Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia hamiltoni   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    caliscelidae   Bruchomorpha rosea   Piglet Bug    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper       Micrutalis sp.   Treehopper       Heliria cristata   Treehopper    cicadidae   Unknown sp.   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Melissodes bimaculatus   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlora pura   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus pedestris   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    mutillidae   Unknown sp.   Nocturnal Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    scelionidae   Unknown sp.   Scelionid Wasp    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa iota   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Stratiomys sp.   Soldier Fly (larva)    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly       Lampria bicolor   Robber Fly       Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly       Xanthomelanodes sp.   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly    muscidae   Musca domestica   House Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Ampelomyia vitispomum   Gall Midge (larval gall) odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Euptilon ornatum   Antlion    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    corinnidae   Castianeira trilineata   Ant-mimic Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider