Sixteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey on a sunny morning that warmed up quickly after a relatively cool start. The giant ichneumon shown below can insert her amazing ovipositor several inches into wood to lay her egg on the grub of a pigeon horntail. The ichneumon locates victims by detecting the odor of a fungus introduced by the horntail mother when she laid her egg. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pepsis sp. (tarantula-hawk wasp) photo by Bill Boyd Megarhyssus macrurus (long-tailed giant ichneumon) photo by James Giroux Neodiplocampta miranda (bee fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Surinam cockroach) photo by Mika Geiger Melanoplus sanguinipes (migratory grasshopper) photo by Michael Knox Haplorhynchites sp. (flower weevil) photo by Katherine Daniels Argia translata (dusky dancer, male) photo by Joe Fernandes Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer, female) photo by Julie Shaw Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer, male) photo by Beth Kirkhart Telebasis salva (desert firetail, male) photo by Beth Kirkhart Ischnura sp. (forktail naiad) photo by Joe Fernandes Cyanocitta cristata (blue jay) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pantherophis obsoleta lindheimeri (Texas rat snake) photo by Mika Geiger Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed-blue) photo by Katherine Daniels Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Mika Geiger Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's roadside-skipper) photo by James Giroux Leptoglossus zonatus (leaf-footed bug, teneral, with exuviae) photo by Mika Geiger Arilus cristatus (wheel bug, very badly injured) photo by George Ward Mecaphesa sp. & Digrammia pallidata (crab spider eating moth) photo by Joe Fernandes Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 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-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoleta lindheimeri) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), adult & tadpole Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Asian Jumping Worm (Amynthas agrestis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Anteos maerula   Yellow Angled-sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Cupido comyntas   Eastern Tailed-blue    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cobubatha metaspilaris   Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera albula   Gray Streaked Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Melipotis perpendicularis   Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult, larva & eggs)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Steniodes declivalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    gelechiidae   Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina ottawana   Peach Fruitworm Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Teladoma sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Cryptocephalus implacidus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta immaculata   Blister Beetle    elateridae   Monocrepidius lividus   Click Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Eustictus claripennis   Plant Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Cixius stigmatus   Planthopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale 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   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile policaris   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Megarhyssus macurus   Long-tailed Giant Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Toxomerus geminatus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp,   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly       Anthrax larrea   Bee Fly       Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    drosophilidae   Zaprionus indianus   Vinegar Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura sp.   Forktail (naiad) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite    rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite blattodea   blaberidae   Pycnoscelus surinamensis   Surinam Cockroach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs)    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus posticus   Brown Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha elongata   Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula