The weather was hot, humid and partly sunny as eighteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. The communal bees shown below are not social. However, several females use a single entrance to reach their individual brood tunnels. Males try to intercept and mate with the females, while the cuckoo bee hanging around tries to lay its own eggs in the provisioned nests. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Celithemis eponina (Halloween pennant) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug) photo by Michael Knox Lepyronia gibbosa & Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebugs) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper) photo by George Ward Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by George Ward Urocyon cinereoargenteus (common gray fox) photo by Pat Dittmar Melissodes sp. (digger bee female: with pollen & entering nest) photo by Joe Fernandes Triepeolus sp. (cuckoo bee: watching & entering nest) photo by Joe Fernandes Melissodes sp. (digger bee males: two attempting to mate with a female & one interacting with a cuckoo bee) photo by Joe Fernandes Oxyopes acleistus (lynx spider with egg sac) photo by Sofia Maass Mecaphesa dubia (crab spider) photo by Sofia Maass Xysticus sp. (crab spider) photo by Harriett Wolf Promachus hinei (robber flies mating) photo by David Cook Anopheles sp. (mosquito larva) photo by Julie Shaw Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Julie Shaw Tachytes sp. (digger wasp with grasshopper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Piranga rubra (summer tanager) photo by Bill Boyd Bubo virginianus (great horned owls) photo by Bill Boyd Halysidota harrisii (sycamore tussock moth) photo by Val Bugh Herichthys cyanoguttatus (Rio Grande cichlids) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 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-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) 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) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Warbling Vireo (Viroe gilvus) Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoleta lindheimeri) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus sp.) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) 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 cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger 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 (adult & larva)       Celotes nessus   Common Streaky-skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia venustula   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Amyna bullula   Hook-tipped Amyna    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Catocala desdemona   Desdemona Underwing       Bulia deducta   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Euerythra trimaculata   Three-spotted Specter       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Halysidota harrisii   Sycamore Tussock Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Fine-lined Glena       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Fernaldella fimetaria   Green Broomweed Looper Moth       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Arta olivalis   Olive Arta Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Rhopobota finitimana   Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Pelochrista scintillana   Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   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       Theisoa constrictella   Moth    gracillariidae   Parornix sp.   Moth    nolidae   Baileya australis   Small Baileya    cossidae   Fania nanus   Carpenterworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Teladoma sp.   Moth       Triclonella bicoloripennis   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha leucillana   Bird Dropping Moth    bedellidae   Bedellia somnulentella   Morning-glory Leafminer Moth    momphidae   Mompha murtfeldtella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    glyphipterigidae   Diploschizia impigritella   Yellow Nutsedge Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth       Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Antispila sp.   Shield-bearing Moth    tineidae   Diachorisia velatella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sp.   Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Tetraopes texanus   Milkweed Longhorn       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    carabidae   Agonum punctiforme   Ground Beetle       Anisodactylus opaculus   Ground Beetle       Harpalus sp.   Ground Beetle       Stenomorpha californicus   Ground Beetle       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    lycidae   Plateros coccinicollis   Net-winged Beetle    dytiscidae   Thermonectus basillaris   Predaceous Diving Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    melyridae   Ablechrus granularis   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle       Neobisnius occidentoides   Rove Beetle       Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    zopheridae   Sesaspis emarginatus   Ironclad Beetle    scarabaeidae   Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle       Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Perigenes similis   Seed Bug       Pseudopamera setosa   Seed Bug       Zeridoneus knulli   Seed Bug    miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper (adult & nymph)    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Ploiaria sp.   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Homalodisca insolita   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Norvellina seminuda   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Neotibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Lepyronia gibbosa   Spittlebug    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Megamelus sp.   Planthopper       Unknown sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae   Waterlily Aphid    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid (gall) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    mutillidae   Ephuta sp.   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Coelichneumon navus   Ichneumon       Ophion sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Meromacrus acutus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia cuprina   Bronze Bottle Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    hippoboscidae   Lipoptena mazamae   Neotropical Deer Ked    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Anopheles sp.   Mosquito (larva)    psychodidae   Paramormia sp.   Moth Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's 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       Celithemis eponina   Halloween Pennant    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva)    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hycroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Blastopsocus walshi   Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    gnaphosidae   Sergiolus stella   ground Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula