A team of twelve contributed to this week's survey on a warm, mostly overcast morning with occasional light rain. The Milk Snails shown below are an edible species (escargot) native to the Mediterranean area. They adapt to hot, dry periods by undergoing aestivation, a period of dormancy in which their metabolism is drastically suppressed. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Oscar Vaz Terellia sp. (fruit fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Meromacrus acutus (flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Centris atripes (digger bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Julie Shaw Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Coccyzus americanus (yellow-billed cuckoo) photo by Beth Kirkhart Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) photo by Oscar Vaz Otala lactea (milk snail: color variations) photo by Joe Fernandes Scolopendra heros (giant red-headed centipede) photo by Val Bugh Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula) photo by Beth Kirkhart Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx) photo by Katherine Daniels Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Julie Shaw Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake tail) photo by Katherine Daniels Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail eggs) photo by Joe Fernandes Battus philenor & Nathalis iole (prepupal larvae: pipevine swallowtail & dainty sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange pupa) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid) photo by Katherine Daniels Encoptolophus costalis (dusky grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Callibaetis pictus (small minnow mayfly) photo by Joe Fernandes Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 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) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) 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) Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) 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) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Coyote (Canis latrans) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi texana) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Giant Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra heros) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady (adult & larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur (adult & larva)       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & pupa)       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult, pupa, larva & egg)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger (larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Sympistis kappa   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm (larva)       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Zale edusina   Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Heterocampa subrotata   Small Heterocampa    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Creosote Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    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       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Etiella zinckenella   Gold-banded Etiella       Ephestiodes mignonella   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Honora mellinella   Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferanus   Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips grisea   Leafroller Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Rudenia leguminana   Black-tipped Rudenia       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth    autostichidae   Taygete atributella   Moth       Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth       Diploschizia impigritella   Yellow Nutsedge Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia blandella   Walnut Caloptilia    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia bosquella   Pygmy Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Phaedon desotonis   Coreopsis Leaf Beetle (adult & larva)       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult, larva & pupa)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn       Tilloclytus geminatus   Longhorn Beetle       Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn       Anelaphus villosus   Twig Pruner    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Enochrus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha hirticula   Soldier Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle       Zonitis sp.   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    stapylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Ephelinus sp.   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle       Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    dermestidae   Unknown sp.   Dermestid Beetle    aderidae   Aderus saginatus   Ant-like Leaf Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    zopheridae   Sesaspis emarginatus   Ironclad Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Rhyssomatus palmacollis   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Perigenes similis   Seed Bug       Froeschneria piligera   Seed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lopidea confluenta   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug       Gracilimiris litoralis   Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Rasahus hamatus   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Menecles insertus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper       Heliria cristata   Treehopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus bidens   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Parazumia symmorpha   Mason Wasp       Ancistrocerus unifasciatus   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   Cerceris sp.   Wasp       Hoplisoides sp.   Wasp       Ectemnius sp.   Digger Wasp       Gorytes sp.   Planthopper Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    aphelinidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus texensis   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Pseudosioble excavata   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Meromacrus acutus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax flaviceps   Bee Fly       Unknown sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    tephritidae   Terellia sp.   Fruit Fly       Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Pelastoneurus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula saturata   Flame Skimmer       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva)       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus posticus   Brown Lacewing       Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Brown Lacewing (larva)    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis pictus   Small Minnow Mayfly       Callibaetis ferrugineus   Small Minnow Mayfly psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    lycosidae   Hogna antelucana   Wolf Spider       Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula