It was hot and mostly sunny as fourteen volunteers conducted this week's survey. The larvae of all the wasps shown below feed on prey paralyzed or killed by the females. Adults, however, subsist on the simple carbohydrates (sugars) found in nectar, sap and other plant sources. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Dryophytes cinereus & Melanoplus differentialis (green tree frog & differential grasshopper) photo by Dwayne Mann Zenaida asiatica (white-winged dove) photo by Bill Boyd Passerina ciris (painted bunting, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sialia sialis (eastern bluebird) photo by Annelia Williams Prionyx sp. (thread-waisted wasp) photo by James Giroux Isodontia auripes (brown-legged grass-carrying wasp) photo by Julie Shaw Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp) photo by James Giroux Polistes metricus, Polistes fuscatus & Polistes bellicosus (paper wasps) photo by Julie Shaw, Val Bugh & Julie Shaw Eumenes smithii (potter wasp) photo by Julie Shaw Meromacrus acutus (flower fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Coelioxys sp. (parasitic leaf-cutter bee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pyrausta inornatalis, Microtheoris vibicalis & Microtheoris ophionalis (snout moths) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by James Giroux Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper) photo by Andrew Harrod Pediodectes haldemanii (Haldeman's shieldback, male) photo by Mika Geiger Pediodectes bruneri (Bruner shieldback, male) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes nigromarginatus (black-margined shieldback, female) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail, female) photo by Mika Geiger Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer, male) photo by Joe Fernandes Leiobunum sp. & Peucetia viridans (harvestman eating green lynx spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 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) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx colifornianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 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) 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) 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, Amphibians & Fish: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Spider Mite (Unknown sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.) Seed Shrimp (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes sp.   Crescent (larva)    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth    erebidae   Melipotis acontioides   Royal Poinciana Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth    pyralidae   Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Euzophera semifuneralis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Telphusa perspicua   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    blastobasidae   Calosima albapenella   Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    nepticulidae   Unknown sp.   Pygmy Moth    tineidae   Diachorisia velatella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Glyptina sp.   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica balteata   Banded Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    scarabaeidae   Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle       Glyptotus cribratus   Darkling Beetle    anthicidae   Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    staphylinidae   Neobisnius sp.   Rove Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    curculionidae   Conotrachelus sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Diaditus sp.   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug       Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Brochymena lineata   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Neotibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       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   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes fuscatus   Northern Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp       Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp       Notocyphus dorsalis   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Dielis plumipes   Scoliid Wasp       Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    evaniidae   Hyptia sp.   Ensign Wasp    cynipidae   Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall Wasp (gall)    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Meromacrus acutus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly       Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    muscidae   Synthesiomyia nudiseta   Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Dichromorpha viridis   Short-winged Green Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    trachelidae   Trachelas sp.   Spider    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow