Fifteen participants contributed to this week's survey under hot, sunny conditions. Spiders often feed on very sizeable animals. As shown below, capture techniques vary: orbweavers utilize strong silk to immobilize a victim before delivering a bite, while crab spiders have stronger venom to quickly subdue their struggling prey without the benefit of a web. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis) photo by Julie Shaw Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer, young doe) photo by George Ward Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird, female) photo by Bill Boyd Archilochus colubris (ruby-throated hummingbird, female) photo by Oscar Vaz Archilochus colubris (ruby-throated hummingbird with pollen on face) photo by Oscar Vaz Myiarchus crinitus (great crested flycatcher) photo by Annelia Williams Cydia latiferreana (filbertworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Atalopedes campestris (sachem: male & female) photo by Julie Shaw Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Michael Knox Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Julie Shaw Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed-blue) photo by Val Bugh Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee) photo by Julie Shaw Anax junius (common green darner male guarding ovipositing female) photo by Dwayne Mann Anax junius (common green darner males fighting over female) photo by Oscar Vaz Argiope aurantia & Unknown sp. (black and yellow garden spider biting wrapped prey) photo by Michael Knox Mecaphesa sp. & Plutella xylostella (crab spider eating diamondback moth) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walking stick nymph) photo by Val Bugh Brochymena lineata (rough stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Tylospilus acutissimus (predatory stink bug) photo by Julie Shaw Incilius nebulifer (gulf coast toad) photo by Julie Marcus Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 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) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis), strong odor Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), adult & tadpoles 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       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Cupido comyntas   Eastern Tailed-blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis sp.   Duskywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth    limacodidae   Apoda y-inversa   Yellow-collared Slug Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth    crambidae   Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Sciota subfuscella   Striped Sumac Leafroller Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Landryia sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    anthicidae   Sticticomus tobias   Antlike Flower Beetle       Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Blapstinus fuscus   Darkling Beetle    cryptophagidae   Atomaria lewisi   Silken Fungus Beetle    aderidae   Ganascus ventricosus   Antlike Leaf Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Tempyra biguttula   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    aradidae   Aradus falleni   Flat Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia sp.   Water Treader (nymph)    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Brochymena lineata   Rough Stink Bug       Tylospilus acutissimus   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graminella strictus   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper       Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    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       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Stelis sp.   Dark Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    pompilidae   Episyron sp.   Spider Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp       Notocyphus dorsalis   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Forelius sp.   Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   bombyliidae   Anthrax sp.   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa iota   Bee Fly       Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly    asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Chrysotus sp.   Long-legged Fly    ceratopogonidae   Dasyhelea sp.   Biting Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider