It was, as usual, hot and sunny as eleven volunteers participated in this week's survey. The Desert Stink Beetle shown below is battered but intact. Its elytra (wing coverings) are fused, rendering it flightless but also very resistant to both dehydration and blunt force trauma. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Wilsonia pusilla (Wilson's warbler, male) photo by Oscar Vaz Wilsonia pusilla & Unknown sp. (Wilson's warbler, female, with damselfly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dendroica petechia (yellow warbler, male) photo by Beth Kirkhart Setophaga ruticilla (American redstart, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Corvus brachyrhynchos (American crow) photo by George Ward Cardinalis cardinalis & Piranga rubra (northern cardinal & summer tanager, both growing new feathers) photo by Beth Kirkhart Eleodes goryi (desert stink beetle) photo by Michael Knox Sphaenothecus bivittata (longhorn beetles, males) photo by Beth Kirkhart Phyllophaga torta (June beetle) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis agarithe (large orange sulphur, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Bill Boyd Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Oscar Vaz Parancistrocerus fulvipes (mason wasp) photo by Julie Shaw Notocyphus dorsalis (spider wasp) photo by Val Bugh Bicyrtes quadrifasciata (sand wasp) photo by Julie Shaw top left to bottom right: Heraeus plebejus, Tempyra biguttula, Pseudopachybrachius basalis & Zeridoneus knulli (seed bugs) photo by Val Bugh Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) photo by George Ward Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Michael Knox Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Erik Loza Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer pair) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 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) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 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-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) 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) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Earthworm (Unknown 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       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth       Marimatha nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger Moth    erebidae   Melipotis perpendicularis   Moth    notodontidae   Heterocampa astartoides   Prominent    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth    crambidae   Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)    pyralidae   Sciota rubrisparsella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Leafroller Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    anthicidae   Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Amphicerus bicaudatus   Apple Twig Borer    ptinidae   Caenocara sp.   Puffball Beetle    scarabaaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    curculionidae   Gerstaeckeria sp.   Cactus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Tempyra biguttula   Seed Bug       Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug       Zeridoneus knulli   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Stelis sp.   Dark Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Notocyphus dorsalis   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Scoliid Wasp    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Unknown sp.   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    ephydridae   Athyroglossa sp.   Shore Fly    ceratopogonidae   Unknown sp.   Biting Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    lestidae   Lestes alacer   Plateau Spreadwing    coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   blaberidae   Pycnoscelus surinamensis   Surinam Roach neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider