A team of fifteen completed this week's survey under extremely hot, sunny conditions. Both the blue mud dauber and the tarantula-hawk shown below provision their nests with paralyzed spiders as larval food. While the former packs several small victims for each grub, the latter uses one large tarantula per offspring. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel eating Osage orange fruit) photo by George Ward Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Columba livia (rock pigeon) photo by Annelia Williams Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Annelia Williams Atalopedes campestris (sachem, female) photo by Dwayne Mann Arphia simplex (plains yellow-winged grasshopper) photo by Michael Knox Orphulella speciosa (pasture grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea sp. (thread-legged katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walking stick) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma civile & Arrenurus sp. (familiar bluet with water mites) photo by Julie Shaw Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer, male) photo by Linda Crabtree Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer, teneral male) photo by Beth Kirkhart Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer, mature male) photo by George Ward Pantala hymenaea (spot-winged glider) photo by Julie Shaw Dolomedes triton (fishing spider) photo by Beth Kirkhart Largus sp. (largus bug) photo by Dwayne Mann Myrmeleon sp. (antlion larva) photo by Val Bugh Bombus sonorus (Sonoran bumble bee, male) photo by Linda Crabtree Chalybion zimmermanni (blue mud dauber) photo by Julie Shaw Pepsis sp. (tarantula-hawk wasp) photo by Dwayne Mann Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 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) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 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-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 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) 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 & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.), on harvestman Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.), on damselfly Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Paraeschra georgica   Georgian Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth    pyralidae   Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Cacotherapia flexilinealis   Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Pococera asperatella   Maple Webworm Moth       Pococera euphemella   Mesquite Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Epiblema chromata   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth       Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix simulans   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sclerostylota   Pygmy Moth    tineidae   Monopis crocicapitella   Bird Nest Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis sp.   Leaf Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Sternidius mimeticus   Longhorn Beetle       Enaphalodes rufulus   Red Oak Borer    meloidae   Epicauta temexa   Blister Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    carabidae   Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Cymindus sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle       Alobates pensylvanica   False Mealworm Beetle    ptinidae   Ptinus sp.   Spider Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click 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       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Prytanes fuscicornis   Seed Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia sp.   Water Treader    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Eutettix minuta   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Metadelphax propinqua   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp       Cerceris sp.   Wasp    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes fuscatus   Northern Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes apachus   Apache Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp       Notocyphus dorsalis   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant    evaniidae   Hyptia sp.   Ensign Wasp diptera   bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly    stratiomyidae   Hedriodiscus trivittatus   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge       Dasyhelea sp.   Biting Midge 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       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pantala hymenaea   Spot-winged Glider    coenagrionidae   Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick blattodea   ectobiidae   Blattella vaga   Field Cockroach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)       Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion       Euptilon ornatum   Antlion    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly trichoptera   hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pulchei   Marbled Cellar Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula