The weather was oppressively hot and sunny as twelve volunteers completed this week's survey. Many female bees have modified hind legs for carrying pollen back to the nest. As shown below, bumble bees use a groove called a pollen basket, or corbicula, while digger bees employ a brush of electrostatic hairs called a scopa. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Erythemis simplicicollis & Lestes sigma (eastern pondhawk eating chalky spreadwing) photo by Katherine Daniels Telebasis salva & Unknown sp. (desert firetail eating leafhopper) photo by Mika Geiger Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Melissodes sp. (digger bee, female) photo by Katherine Daniels Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee, male) photo by Mika Geiger Augochloropsis metallica & Augochlorella sp. (green sweat bees) photo by Katherine Daniels Hyptia sp. (ensign wasp) photo by Julie Shaw Chrysanthrax sp. & Neodiplocampta miranda (bee flies) photo by Katherine Daniels Apiomerus spissipes & Melissodes sp. (bee assassin eating digger bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Apiomerus spissipes & Augochloropsis metallica (bee assassin eating green sweat bee) photo by Mika Geiger Apiomerus spissipes & Apis mellifera (bee assassin eating honey bee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sceloporus olivaceus & Euborellia annulipes (Texas spiny lizard eating ring-legged earwig) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by Bill Boyd Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by George Ward Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Julie Shaw Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail with broken tails) photo by Beth Kirkhart Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak) photo by Michael Knox Stagmomantis limbata (bordered mantis) photo by Val Bugh Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 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) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 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-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.), on damselfly Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva)    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray    crambidae   Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth    pyralidae   Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Sciota subfuscella   Striped Sumac Leafroller Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Macrorrhinia endonephele   Alligatorweed Stemborer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Ephestiodes infimella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema scudderiana   Goldenrod Gall Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Mimosestes protractus   Bean Weevil    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    anthicidae   Sticticomus tobias   Antlike Flower Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    carabidae   Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle       Micratopus sp.   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus peregrinus   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus pugnax   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle       Paracymus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Platydema ruficornis   Darkling Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellina pustulata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Ataenius sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Tempyra biguttula   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala strictus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid 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       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter 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    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Northern Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant    evaniidae   Hyptia sp.   Ensign Wasp    scelionidae   Unknown sp.   Scelionid Wasp    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp diptera   bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly       Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly       Chrysanthrax sp.   Bee Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly       Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    lestidae   Lestes sigma   Chalky Spreadwing    coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph)       Stagmomantis limbata   Bordered Mantis dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)       Mexoleon papago   Antlion       Euptilon sinuatum   Antlion    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing 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       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider