A group of eighteen completed this week's survey under warm, sunny conditions. The individuals in an ant colony vary in size, as shown below, and include major and minor workers as well as the queen, which are all females. Males, or drones, are winged and leave the nest upon maturity. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bubo virginianus & Corvus brachyrhynchos (American crow chasing great horned owl) photo by George Ward Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pipilo maculatus (spotted towhee: male & female) photo by Annelia Williams Bombycilla cedrorum (cedar waxwing) photo by Bill Boyd Xylocopa virginica & Apis mellifera (eastern carpenter bees & honey bee) photo by Dwayne Mann Archytas sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Chrysolina auripennis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Linda Crabtree Camponotus festinatus (carpenter ants: major & minor workers) photo by Julie Shaw Solenopsis invicta (imported fire ants: queen & workers) photo by Val Bugh Gambusia affinis (mosquitofish) photo by Dwayne Mann Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Dwayne Mann Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Julie Shaw Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) photo by Harriett Wolf Arphia simplex (plains yellow-winged grasshopper nymph) photo by Michael Knox Lactista azteca (Aztec bandwing nymph) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin) photo Julie Shaw Hypena scabra (green cloverworm moth) photo by David Cook Cerathosia tricolor (moth) photo by Joe Fernandes Lactura subfervens (moth) 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-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) 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) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Velvet Mite (Unknown sp.) Seed Shrimp (Unknown sp.) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Acronicta tota   Dagger Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Macaria graphidaria   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Caripeta triangulata   Moth       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Sereda tautana   Speckled Sereda Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia hagenella   Ethmia Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle       Phyllotreta sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    miridae   Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper    delphacidae   Chionomus sp.   Planthopper    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid    kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae   Waterlily Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    cynipidae   Odontocynips nebulosa   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Netelia sp.   Ichneumon       Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Lanugo retentor   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    fanniidae   Fannia sp.   Fly    muscidae   Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly    calliphoridae   Unknown sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Hydrophorus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sphaeroceridae   Unknown sp.   Lesser Dung Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Procladius sp.   Midge       Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge       Cricotopus bicinctus   Midge       Ablabesmyia sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph) blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis sp.   Mantis (eggs) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Loensia moesta   Barklouse       Hyalopsocus new sp.   Barklouse       Blastopsocus walshi   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula