A team of eighteen, plus members of a birding group, contributed to this week's survey under hot, sunny conditions. The proboscis of true bugs consists of a flexible tube created by stylets supported by a stiff, jointed rostrum. This apparatus works equally well for sucking juices from a milkweed seed or an unfortunate lady beetle, as shown in two examples below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Betty McCreary Gymnoclytia sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Promachus hinei (robber fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Neaspilota sp. (fruit fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Triaenodes sp. (long-horned caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by David Cook Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Pat Dittmar Molothrus ater (brown-headed cowbird juvenile) photo by George Ward Oncometopia orbona (leafhopper with deformed wings) photo by Val Bugh Corythucha marmorata (chrysanthemum lace bug adult & eggs) photo by Julie Shaw Calocoris barberi (plant bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug nymphs eating milkweed seed) photo by Katherine Daniels Zelus renardii & Harmonia axyridis (assassin bug eating multi-colored Asian lady beetle) photo by Katherine Daniels Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail larva) photo by Julie Shaw Polistes exclamans & Unknown sp. (paper wasp & spittlebug nymph foam mass) photo by Linda Crabtree Paraidemona sp. (spur-throated grasshoppers mating) photo by Val Bugh Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer, male) photo by Bill Boyd Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula) photo by Dwayne Mann Dolomedes triton (fishing spider) photo by George Ward Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 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) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Downy Woodpecker (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 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) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrileatus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper (larva)       Urbanus proteus   Long-tailed Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia erastrioides   Small Bird Dropping Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Acronicta retardata   Retarded Dagger    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Matigramma rubrosuffusa   Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       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 (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Neohelvibotys polingi   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Bandera binotella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Cenopis diluticostana   Spring Dead-leafroller Moth       Choristoneura rosaceana   Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Platynota idaeusalis   Tufted Apple Bud Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Telphusa perspicua   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha albulella   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth       Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth       Dejongia californicus   Plume Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Stenomorphus californicus   Ground Beetle       Thalpius horni   Ground Beetle       Schizogenius sp.   Ground Beetle       Discoderus sp.   Ground Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Platydema ellipticum   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Ligyrus sallaei   Carrot Beetle       Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    geotrupidae   Bolbocerosoma sp.   Earth-boring Scarab    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Coptotomus venustus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Anotylus insignitus   Rove Beetle       Ephelinus sp.   Rove Beetle    lycidae   Plateros sp.   Net-winged Beetle    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil       Conotrachelus sp.   Weevil       Cophes fallax   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug       Merocoris distinctus   Coreid Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha marmorata   Chrysanthemum Lace Bug (adult & eggs)    miridae   Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Norvellina seminuda   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Oncometopia hamiltoni   Leafhopper       Homalodisca insolita   Sharpshooter       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Chionomus pacificus   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug       Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochlora pura   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer       Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp       Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    pompilidae   Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Colobopsis etiolata   Gate-keeper Ant       Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant       Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly       Gymnoclytia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Neaspilota sp.   Fruit Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    psychodidae   Paramormia sp.   Moth Fly    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    cecidomyiidae   Polystepha pilulae   Gall Midge (gall) odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (adult & nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern 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)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket       Eunemobius carolinus   Carolina Ground Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach       Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    helicopsychidae   Helicopsyche borealis   Snail-case Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Habronattus coecatus   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Unknown sp.   Cobweb Weaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula