Twelve participants completed this week's survey on a cool, sunny morning. Male wasps and bees have one more tergite (abdominal segment) than females. The paper wasps shown below illustrate this difference. Other male traits include antennal shape, lack of a stinger, and a haploid genome (only one set of chromosomes). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by George Ward Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur, female) photo by Linda Crabtree Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Libytheana carinenta (American snout) photo by George Ward Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer, female) photo by Michael Knox Telebasis salva (desert firetail, males: mature & teneral) photo by David Cook & Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevil) photo by Beth Kirkhart Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. & Chrysoperla rufilabris (orbweaver hatchlings & green lacewing larva) photo by Val Bugh Sceliphron caementarium (yellow-and-black mud dauber) photo by Lexi Anderson Polistes rubiginosus (red wasp, male) photo by Michael Knox Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp, male) photo by George Ward Polistes exclamans (paper wasp, female) photo by David Cook Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bowlegged bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Mecidea major (grass stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Regulus satrapa (golden-crowned kinglet) photo by Beth Kirkhart Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's sparrow) photo by Lexi Anderson Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by Annelia Williams Turdus migratorius (American robin) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 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) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) 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) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 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.: Seed Shrimp (Unknown sp.) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Click Beetle (larva) hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug (nymph)    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Helophilus fasciatus   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (pupa)    calliphoridae   Chrysomya megacephala   Oriental Latrine Fly       Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    muscidae   Neomyia cornicina   Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito (adult & larva) odonata   libellulidae   Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (larva) mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Unknown sp.   Orbweaver (hatchlings)    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider