The weather was sunny and hot as thirteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Grasshoppers in the subfamily Melanoplinae are called "spur-throated" because they possess a spine between their front legs. This character is obvious in the image below, as are the four slender palps that help guide food into the insect's mouth. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Joe Fernandes Brachymelecta californica (cuckoo bee) photo by Val Bugh Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by Michael Knox Megachile sp. (leafcutter bees: male & female) photo by Katherine Daniels Tomoplagia obliqua (fruit fly) photo by Erik Loza Solenopsis sp., Conura sp. & Unknown sp. (fire ant, chalcid wasp & scale) photo by Oscar Vaz Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Julie Shaw Largus sp. (largus bug nymph) photo by Erik Loza Liorhyssus hyalinus (hyaline grass bug) photo by Linda Crabtree Contopus cooperi (olive-sided flycatcher) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cathartes aura (turkey vulture) photo by Beth Kirkhart Vermivora ruficapilla (Nashville warbler) photo by Beth Kirkhart Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing, female) photo by Katherine Daniels Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing, male) photo by Julie Shaw Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Enigmogramma basigera (pink-washed looper moth) photo by Julie Shaw Unknown sp. (two-pronged bristletail) photo by Val Bugh Spharagemon equale (Say's grasshopper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula exuviae, ventral view) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 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) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Egret (Ardea alba) 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) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 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) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Plain-bellied Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pseudoscorpion (Unknown sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Two-pronged Bristletail (Unknown sp.) Globular Springtail (Sminthurus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & eggs)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Enigmogramma basigera   Pink-washed Looper Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Agnippe evippeella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Antaeotricha leucillana   Bird Dropping Moth    cosmopterigidae   Euclemensia bassettella   Kermes Scale Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera macra   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle       Obrium maculatum   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Calosoma scrutator   Caterpillar Hunter    dytiscidae   Laccophilus maculosus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Lobrathium sp.   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    meloidae   Pyrota tenuicostatis   Red-margined Blister Beetle    mycetophoagidae   Typhaea stercorea   Hairy Fungus Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle       Synchita fuliginosa   Cylindrical Bark Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Sphenophorus sp.   Billbug hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug       Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Phymata sp.   Ambush Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Soft Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Brachymelecta californica   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Stelis sp.   Dark Bee    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    chalcicidae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    scelionidae   Unknown sp.   Scelionid Wasp    bethylidae   Unknown sp.   Bethylid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Stratiomys sp.   Soldier Fly (larva)       Myxosargus sp.   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Tachytrechus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly    chironomidae   Goeldichironomus carus   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Wood Midge odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph)       Stagmomantis limbata   Bordered Mantis blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Mexoleon papago   Antlion       Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Yumachrysa sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula (exuviae)