A warm, humid, cloudy morning turned sunny as twelve participants completed this week's survey. The honey bee shown below might look like it is rubbing its head in confusion, but that is just amusingly anthropomorphic. The insect is actually collecting the pollen that covers its body and consolidating it onto the corbiculae (pollen baskets) on its hind legs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Unknown sp. (damselfly eclosing) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary pupa) photo by Dwayne Mann Heterocampa subrotata (prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Kricogonia lyside (lyside sulphur) photo by Oscar Vaz Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by David Cook Trichoplusia ni (ni moth: adult & pupa) photo by Val Bugh Crambus agitatellus (double-banded grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Caloptilia rhoifoliella, Caloptilia superbifrontella & Marmara sp. (leafminer moths) photo by Val Bugh Chondestes grammacus (lark sparrow) photo by Annelia Williams Bubo virginianus (great horned owl feeding babies) photo by Bill Boyd Archilochus colubris (ruby-throated hummingbird) photo by Annelia Williams Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal, female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal, male) photo by Dan Zinn Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider) photo by Beth Kirkhart Bombus sonorus (Sonoran bumble bee) photo by Oscar Vaz Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Dwayne Mann Brachypnoea sp. (leaf beetle) photo by Michael Knox Euderces reichei (longhorn beetle) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pilostenaspis lateralis (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Tortistilus inermis (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Coyote (Canis latrans), howling & yipping Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur (adult & larva)       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes nysa   Nysa Roadside-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)       Trichoplusia ou   Ni Moth (adult, pupa & larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache expolita   Bird Dropping Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Bulia deducta   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Spilosoma dubia   Dubious Tiger Moth (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Gluphisia septentrionis   Prominent       Heterocampa subrotata   Small Heterocampa (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Scopula limboundata   Large Lace-border       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Crambus agitatellus   Double-banded Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Etiella zinckenella   Gold-banded Etiella       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Ephestiodes mignonella   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferanus   Oak Leafroller Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth       Apoda rectilinea   Slug Moth    autostichidae   Taygete atributella   Moth       Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    momphidae   Mompha murtfeldtella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    yponomeutidae   Zelleria ochroplagiata   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia rhoifoliella   Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth       Caloptilia superbifrontella   Moth       Marmara sp.   Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Unknown sp.   Casebearer (pupa)    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle       Pilostenaspis lateralis   Longhorn Beetle       Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer       Anelaphus villosus   Twig Pruner    carabidae   Calosoma scrutator   Caterpillar Hunter       Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    cantharidae   Malthinus occipitalis   Soldier Beetle       Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle    lycidae   Lycus fernandezi   Net-winged Beetle    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle       Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle       Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    dermestidae   Cryptorhopalum ruficorne   Dermestid Beetle    melyridae   Ablechrus granularis   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle    tenebrionidae   Statira erina   Long-jointed Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    anthribidae   Euparius marmoreus   Fungus Weevil       Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil       Toxonotus cornutus   Fungus Weevil    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    curculionidae   Magdalis armicollis   Red Elm Bark Weevil       Odontocorynus sp.   Weevil       Gerstaeckeria sp.   Cactus Weevil       Unknown sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus politus   Yucca Plant Bug       Gracilimiris litoralis   Plant Bug       Pseudoxenetus regalis   Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Orthotylus ornatus   Plant Bug       Orthotylus sp.   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Menecles insertus   Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Ponana sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper    derbidae   Cedusa sp.   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper       Heliria cristata   Treehopper    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid (gall)    aphididae   Aphis sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochlora pura   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Andrena sp.   Mining Bee       Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Cerceris sp.   Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Pseudosioble excavata   Common Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (larva)    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    muscidae   Neomyia cornicina   Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Winthemia sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm Fly    pipunculidae   Unknown sp.   Big-headed Fly    tephritidae   Trupanea sp.   Fruit Fly    empididae   Empis clausa   Dance Fly       Empis sp.   Dance Fly    chloropidae   Unknown sp.   Frit Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    keroplatidae   Asindulum sp.   Predatory Fungus Gnat    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Unknown sp.   Damselfly (teneral)    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing       Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (adult & larva)       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs)    hemerobiidae   Hemerobius stigma   Brown Lacewing       Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) raphidioptera   raphidiidae   Agulla bicolor   Snakefly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Ceraclea sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly       Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips    thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse    lachesillidae   Lachesilla nubilis   Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Kaira alba   Frilled Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider