Fourteen participants contributed to this week's survey on a hot, humid and cloudy day. The Pigeon Horntail is a large, non-stinging wasp that, as shown below, uses its thick ovipositor to lay eggs into dead or diseased deciduous trees. Along with an egg, the female also deposits symbiotic fungal spores that help break down the cellulose of the wood as the grub feeds. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Chordeiles minor (common nighthawk) photo by Annelia Williams Myiarchus cinerascens (ash-throated flycatcher) photo by George Ward Contopus virens (eastern wood-pewee) photo by Annelia Williams Dictya sp. (marsh fly) photo by Val Bugh Givira arbeloides (carpenterworm moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Acrolophus griseus (tubeworm moth) photo by Joe Fernandes Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by George Ward Paraidemona sp. (grasshoppers mating) photo by Katherine Daniels Colonus sylvanus & Colonus puerperus (jumping spiders) photo by Julie Shaw & Katherine Daniels Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth larva) photo by Julie Shaw Draeculacephala sp. (leafhoppers) photo by Val Bugh Homalodisca vitripennis (glassy-winged sharpshooter) photo by Linda Crabtree Pasimachus californicus (ground beetle larva) photo by Julie Shaw Plinthocoelium suaveolens (bumelia borer) photo by Julie Shaw Chalybion zimmermanni (blue mud dauber) photo by Linda Crabtree Tremex columba (pigeon horntail ovipositing) photo by Beth Kirkhart Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Sofia Maass Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Katherine Daniels Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Annelia Williams Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Michael Knox Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 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) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Pizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), howling & fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles & baby toad Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Slender Springtail (Unknown sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Acronicta afflicta   Afflicted Dagger       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Cosmia calami   American Dun-bar Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Catocala umbrosa   Underwing Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Fine-lined Glena       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       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       Eustixia pupula   Spotted Peppergrass Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Diacme adipaloides   Darker Diacme Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Arta olivalis   Olive Arta Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Cacotherapia flexilinealis   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia rhoifoliella   Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth    cossidae   Givira arbeloides   Carpenterworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    prodoxidae   Prodoxus sp.   Bogus Yucca Moth    autostichidae   Gerdana caritella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Metrioidea varicornis   Leaf Beetle       Anomoea flavokansiensis   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil       Chaetocnema quadricollis   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer       Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle (larva)    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    lycidae   Plateros coccinicollis   Net-winged Beetle    latridiidae   Melanophthalma simplex   Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle    bostrichidae   Amphicerus bicaudatus   Apple Twig Borer       Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle    dermestidae   Trogoderma primum   Dermestid Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Anotylus insignitus   Rove Beetle       Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle       Anomala flavipennis   Shining Leaf Chafer    anthribidae   Toxonotus cornutus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider (adult & nymph)       Gerris sp.   Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Zyginama tripunctata   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Norvellina seminuda   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    flatidae   Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Megamelus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Pemphigus populitransversus   Poplar Petiole-gall Aphid (gall)    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Astata sp.   Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Dasymutilla ursus   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus texensis   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    siricidae   Tremex columba   Pigeon Horntail    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly (larva & pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma disjuncta   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia cuprina   Bronze Bottle Fly    sarcophagide   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    sciomyzidae   Dictya sp.   Marsh Fly    odiniidae   Traginops irroratus   Odiniid Fly    ulidiidae   Pseudotephritis vau   Picture-winged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner (exuviae) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper (nymph)       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph)    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (adult & larva)    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes sp.   Lynx Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa celer   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    lycosidae   Pirata sp.   Wolf Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider