Fourteen participants endured a hot, sunny morning to complete this week's survey. In the image below, a wolf spider mother hauls her egg sac around as she continues to actively hunt. The silk is so tough that the hatchlings cannot emerge unless she perforates the cover for them, at which time they will climb up onto her back to enjoy further maternal protection. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Linda Crabtree Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by David Cook Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Annelia Williams Spragueia guttata (spotted spragueia moth) photo by Val Bugh Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by David Cook Vespula squamosa & Bombus pensylvanicus (southern yellowjacket & American bumble bee) photo by Dwayne Mann Crematogaster laeviuscula & Tachypompilus ferrugineus (acrobat ant biting rusty spider wasp) photo by Dwayne Mann Trichopoda lanipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Conura amoena (chalcid wasps) photo by Dwayne Mann Lestes sigma (chalky spreadwing) photo by Joe Fernandes Caracara plancus (crested caracaras: 2 juveniles & an adult) photo by Beth Kirkhart Mniotilta varia (black-and-white warbler) photo by Beth Kirkhart Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird juvenile) photo by Beth Kirkhart Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Dwayne Mann Mecaphesa dubia & Lerema accius (crab spider eating clouded skipper) photo by Val Bugh Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider with egg sac) photo by Beth Kirkhart Trimerotropis pallidipennis (pallid-winged grasshopper) Hadrotettix trifasciatus (three-banded range grasshopper) Lactista azteca (Aztec grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Dwayne Mann Microcentrum rhombifolium (greater angle-wing nymph) photo by Dwayne Mann Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 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) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx colifornianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 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-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) 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) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles & Fish: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth    notodontidae   Hyparpax aurostriata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Pelochrista matutina   Leafroller Moth       Sonia constrictana   Constricted Sonia Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    tineidae   Xystrologa new sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Chilocorus stigma   Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle       Amphicerus bicaudatus   Apple Twig Borer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    mycetophagidae   Typhaea stercorea   Hairy Fungus Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    miridae   Tupiocoris sp.   Plant Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia scrupulosa   Lace Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Neotibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    crabronidae   Trypoxylon collinum   Wasp    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Vespula maculifrons   Eastern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp       Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    leucospidae   Leucospis affinis   Leucospid Wasp    chalcididae   Conura amoena   Chalcid Wasp diptera   bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    lestidae   Lestes sigma   Chalky Spreadwing    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider