It was cloudy and warm until a cool front arrived as twelve volunteers completed this week's survey. Lady beetles regularly fold up their large flight wings and stow them under elytra (wing covers), as shown below. This efficient action, of interest in fields from robotics to mechanical engineering, was first revealed in 2017 when Japanese scientists used high-speed cameras and a clear artificial elytron to observe the process. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper, male) photo by Mike Geiger Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly, female) photo by Julie Shaw Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly, male eating dead grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Polistes apachus (Apache wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Unknown sp. (spider wasp) photo by David Cook Vespula squamosa & Palpada vinetorum (southern yellowjacket attacking flower fly) photo by Cyd Wehner Parancistrocerus pedestris & Parancistrocerus texensis (mason wasps) photo by Joe Fernandes & Julie Shaw Melissoptila pinguis (long-horned bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Poecilognathus sp. (bee fly) photo by Mika Geiger Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch) photo by Annelia Williams Selasphorus platycercus (broad-tailed hummingbird) photo by Katherine Daniels Cycloneda sanguinea (red lady beetle) photo by Cyd Wehner Anolis carolinensis & Lepyronia quadrangularis (green anole eating spittlebug) photo by Katherine Daniels Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshoppers mating) photo by Joe Fernandes Spharagemon equale (Say's grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Trimerotropis pallidipennis (pallid-winged grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Bill Boyd Danaus gilippus (queen with a wing missing!) photo by David Cook Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by Harriett Wolf Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak larvae: color variations) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio) Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper       Chiomara asychis   White-patched Skipper       Urbanus dorantes   Dorantes Longtail       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Tyrissa multilinea   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Caripeta triangulata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina ottawana   Peach Fruitworm Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Diabrotica balteata   Banded Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Megacerus cubiculus   Bean Weevil       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle       Oncideres cingulata   Twig Girdler    meloidae   Epicauta immaculata   Blister Beetle    elateridae   Glyphonyx sp.   Click Beetle    zopheridae   Synchita fuliginosa   Cylindrical Bark Beetle    monotomidae   Bactridium striolatum   Minute Clubbed Beetle    haliplidae   Peltodytes sp.   Crawling Water Beetle    hydrophilidae   Enochrus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Platydracus sp.   Rove Beetle       Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle       Discoderus sp.   Ground Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    anthribidae   Toxonotus cornutus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Conotrachelus naso   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Valtissius diversus   Seed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Clivinema sp.   Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug    nabidae   Nabis alternatus   Damsel Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug       Unknown sp.   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Hymetta balteata   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Megamelus davisi   Common Waterlily Planthopper       Metadelphax propinqua   Planthopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper       Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Melissoptila pinguis   Long-horned Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes apachus   Apache Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus pedestris   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus texensis   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   thread-waisted Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Pimpla sp.   Ichneumon       Trogomorpha arrogans   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hedriodiscus binotatus   Soldier Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm       Chrysomya sp.   Blow Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tephritidae   Euaresta bellula   Fruit Fly    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly       Limonia domestica   Crane Fly       Gonomyia sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & eggs) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing    chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider       Pisaurina mira   Nursery Web Spider