It was, once again, hot and sunny as fifteen participants contributed to this week's survey. In the image below, the light spot in the middle of the lizard's head is a parietal eye (also called a pineal, or third, eye). It is a photoreceptive organ, with a retina, cornea and lens, associated with the pineal gland. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee, male) photo by Mika Geiger Sceliphron caementarium (yellow-and-black mud dauber) photo by David Cook Sphex pensylvanicus (great black wasp) photo by Joe Fernandes Danaus gilippus (queen larva) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by David Cook Nerodia erythrogaster (plain-bellied water snake) photo by Joe Fernandes Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Empidonax minimus (least flycatcher) photo by Beth Kirkhart Polioptila caerulea & Neoscona sp. (blue-gray gnatcatcher with orbweaver) photo by George Ward Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Annelia Williams Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by Katherine Daniels Lestes australis (southern spreadwing) photo by Dwayne Mann Dythemis fugax (checkered setwing) photo by Michael Knox Argiope aurantia & Argyrodes sp. (black and yellow orbweavers, female & male, & silver dewdrop spider) photo by Beth Kirkhart Argiope aurantia & Polistes sp. (black and yellow garden spider eating paper wasp) photo by Dwayne Mann Peucetia viridans & Apis mellifera (green lynx eating honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans & Agapostemon sp. (green lynx eating green sweat bee) photo by Linda Crabtree Peucetia viridans & Augochloropsis metallica (green lynx eating green sweat bee) photo by Dwayne Mann Mecaphesa dubia (crab spider) photo by Mika Geiger Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 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) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Plain-bellied Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Slender Springtail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & pupa)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Unknown sp.   Grass Skipper (pupa)    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth    crambidae   Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Baphala pallida   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Macalla zelleri   Zeller's Macalla    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Unknown sp.   Warty Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Eburia mutica   Longhorn Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle       Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    carabidae   Lebia pulchella   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    ptinidae   Caenocara sp.   Puffball Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    aderidae   Syzeton pallidus   Ant-like Leaf Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph & eggs)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper       Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    cicadidae   Unknown sp.   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Diadasia sp.   Chimney Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex pensylvanicus   Great Black Wasp    crabronidae   Trypoxylon collinum   Wasp    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp       Dielis plumipes   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    thynnidae   Myzinum quinquecinctum   Five-banded Thynnid Wasp    diapriidae   Coptera sp.   Wasp diptera   bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Anthrax argyropygus   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly       Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    hippoboscidae   Lipoptena mazamae   Neotropical Deer Ked    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito (larva) odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) trichoptera   hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow       Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider