A team of fourteen completed this week's survey on a hot and sunny morning. Many rove beetles have very short elytra (wing coverings) but are capable of flight. As shown below, the insect can fold and tuck its wings with the help of its flexible abdomen. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird nestling) photo by Bill Boyd Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch, male) photo by Joe Fernandes Telebasis salva (desert firetail, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher, male) photo by Julie Shaw Perithemis tenera (eastern amberwing, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer, male) photo by Julie Shaw Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Harriett Wolf Diolcus chrysorrhoeus (shield bug) photo by Julie Shaw Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Julie Shaw Eumenes smithii (potter wasps mating) photo by Katherine Daniels Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Joe Fernandes Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper) photo by Joe Fernandes Argiope aurantia & Argiope trifasciata (black and yellow & banded garden spiders) photo by Bill Boyd & Val Bugh Philonthus rufulus (rove beetle) photo by Val Bugh Carpelimus sp. (rove beetle: with wings extended & folded) photo by Val Bugh Heriades sp. (resin bee) photo by Julie Shaw Colpa octomaculata (scoliid wasp, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Sphex lucae (digger wasp covering nest) photo by Val Bugh Tachytrechus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Julie Shaw Acalyptris sp. & Stigmella plumosetaeella (pygmy moths) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), dead House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 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) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Ponometia exigua   Bird Dropping Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth    pyralidae   Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Telphusa perspicua   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Antispila sp.   Moth    nepticulidae   Acalyptris sp.   Pygmy Moth       Stigmella plumosetaeella   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis sp.   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    scarabaeidae   Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (nymph)    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia sp.   Water Treader    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Megatibicen resh   Superb Cicada 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       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   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       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Vespula maculifrons   Eastern Yellowjacket       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp       Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant    evaniidae   Hyptia sp.   Ensign Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Palpada mexicana   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly       Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Tachytrechus sp.   Long-legged Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing    coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (adult & larva)       Euptilon ornatum   Antlion araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider