It was sunny and cool as fourteen volunteers completed this week's survey. Most spiders have eight eyes, arranged in various patterns on their cephalothorax. Jumping spiders, as shown below, have four small eyes on the sides of the top, while four large lenses point directly forward, giving them excellent visual acuity and depth of field. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Apis mellifera (honey bees at water drip) photo by George Ward Mozena lunata (mesquite bug: adult & nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chinavia hilaris (green stink bug eggs & hatchlings) photo by Val Bugh Caracara plancus (crested caracara) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sturnella sp. (meadowlark) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dendroica coronata (yellow-rumped warbler) photo by Beth Kirkhart Regulus calendula (ruby-crowned kinglet) photo by Beth Kirkhart Chloridea virescens (tobacco budworm) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen larva) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus cardinalis (cardinal jumpers) photo by Linda Crabtree & Katherine Daniels Euptoieta hegesia (Mexican fritillary) photo by David Cook Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary) photo by Katherine Daniels Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by George Ward Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Katherine Daniels Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur) photo by Joe Fernandes Clogmia albipunctata (moth fly) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Michael Knox Schistocerca damnifica (mischievous bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus ponderosus (ponderous grasshopper ovipositing) photo by Sam Fruehling upper left to lower right: Acrocercops quinquistriella, Symmetrischema pallidochrella, Unknown sp., Zimmermannia sp., Mompha albocapitella & Epermenia sp. (micro moths) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) 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) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Reptiles & fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Gall Mite (unknown sp.), galls Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Euptoieta hegesia   Mexican Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       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    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       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Symmestrischema pallidochrella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth    scythrididae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina ottawana   Peach Fruitworm Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    epermeniidae   Epermenia sp.   Fringe-tufted Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle       Bothrotes canaliculatus   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug (nymph)    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Parthenicus juniperi   Plant Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Eutettix minutus   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Megamelus davisi   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    clastopteridae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect 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       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Tachytrechus sp.   Long-legged Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Paradidyma sp.   Tachinid Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    psychodidae   Clogmia albipunctata   Moth Fly    chironomidae   Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge       Chironomus sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet 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       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis cinerascens   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider