It was warm and overcast as fifteen volunteers completed this week's survey. The prominent spot on the male Queen's hind wing, as shown below, is the result of invagination of the upper surface, producing a scent pouch containing androconia, specialized scales that disseminate pheromones for courtship. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Aidemona azteca (Aztec spurthroat nymph) photo by Katherine Daniels Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Michael Knox Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas short-winged grasshopper) photo by Barbara Ribble Obolopteryx catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, male) photo by Barbara Ribble Diadasia sp. (chimney bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Passerina caerulea (blue grosbeak) photo by Bill Boyd Chondestes grammacus (lark sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dendroica magnolia (magnolia warbler) photo by George Ward Tachypompilus ferrugineus & Rabidosa rabida (rusty spider wasp dragging paralyzed rabid wolf spider) photo by Katherine Daniels Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva everting osmeterium) photo by Joe Fernandes Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail larva everting osmeterium) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen, female) photo by Annelia Williams Danaus gilippus (queen, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Celotes nessus (common streaky-skipper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Spilosoma virginica (Virginian tiger moths mating) photo by Joe Fernandes Podisus maculiventris & Bagisara rectifascia (predatory stink bug eating straight-lined mallow moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Proxys punctulatus (black stink bug) photo by Sofia Maass Podisus maculiventris & Chinavia hilaris (stink bug nymphs: predatory & green) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug nymph) photo by Elizabeth Wolfe Aquarius remigis (water strider nymph) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna) 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) Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Pizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoleta lindheimeri) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult, pupa & larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult, pupa, & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Celotes nessus   Common Streaky-skipper    noctuidae   Acronicta brumosa   Charred Dagger       Acronicta afflicta   Afflicted Dagger       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger       Acronicta clarescens   Clear Dagger       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Trichoplusia ni   Ni Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (adult & larva)       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Cosmia calami   American Dun-bar Moth    erebidae   Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Phyprosopus callitrichoides   Curve-lined Owlet       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing       Catocala similis   Similar Underwing       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    notodontidae   Heterocampa astartoides   Prominent       Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Fine-lined Glena       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Orthonama obstipata   The Gem       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Hellula rogatalis   Cabbage Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Sciota rubrisparsella   Moth       Sciota sp.   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Pelochrista matutina   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Platynota idaeusalis   Tufted Apple Bud Moth       Monoceratuncus lantana   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth       Teladoma sp.   Moth    prodoxidae   Prodoxus sp.   Bogus Yucca Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    momphidae   Mompha murtfeldtella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    tineidae   Nemapogon sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Rhabdopterus sp.   Leaf Beetle       Disonycha sp.   Flea Beetle (larva)    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Tetraopes texanus   Milkweed Longhorn       Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn    scraptiidae   Diclidia sp.   False Flower Beetle    nitidulidae   Colopterus maculatus   Sap Beetle    carabidae   Anisodactylus sp.   Ground Beetle    erotylidae   Pseudischyrus extricatus   Pleasing Fungus Beetle    melyridae   Attalus nigripes   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    heteroceridae   Heterocerus texanus   Variegated Mud-loving Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    trogossitidae   Tenebroides sp.   Bark-gnawing Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    zopheridae   Sesaspis emarginatus   Ironclad Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle       Ephelinus sp.   Rove Beetle       Neobisnius occidentoides   Rove Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle       Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil       Sitona californius   Broad-nosed Weevil       Lixus scrobicollis   Ragweed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Lopidea confluenta   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia mulsanti   Water Treader    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Holcostethus limbolarius   Stink Bug (nymph)       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Zyginama tripunctata   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper       Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    aphididae   Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae   Waterlily Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Diadasia sp.   Chimney Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant    mymaridae   Unknown sp.   Fairy Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Euparyphus sp.   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia cuprina   Bronze Bottle Fly       Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    sarcophagide   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    drosophilidae   Rhinoleucophenga sp.   Vinegar Fly    tephritidae   Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge       Tanypus sp.   Midge       Chironomus sp.   Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (larva)       Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Ceraclea sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Blastopsocus walshi   Barklouse ephemeroptera   ephemeridae   Hexagenia bilineata   Burrowing Mayfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider