Eight volunteers conducted this week's survey on a warm morning that began with thunderstorms, settled into gentle rain and eventually cleared to be hot and sunny. Unlike Rio Grande Leopard Frogs, which grow quite large as tadpoles before sprouting legs and leaving the water, our other common anuran, the Gulf Coast Toad, absorbs its tail and moves to land at a much smaller size. The example shown below is about 5 mm long. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Buteo jamaicensis (rather wet red-tailed hawk) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by Annelia Williams Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Beth Kirkhart Tyrannus verticalis (western kingbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca americana & Schistocerca lineata (American & spotted bird grasshoppers) photo by Beth Kirkhart & Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Oligonicella scudderi (Scudder's mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo) photo by Bill Boyd Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Annelia Williams Maevia poultoni (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Incilius nebulifer (gulf coast toad, baby) photo by Val Bugh Pituophis catenifer sayi (bullsnake) photo by George Ward Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Val Bugh Efferia tuberculata (robber fly, female) photo by Val Bugh top left to bottom right: Erasmoneura vulnerata, Eratoneura sp., Erythroneura tricincta, Erythroneura octonotata, Erythridula sp., Graminella nigrifrons, Hymetta balteata & Illinigina illinoiensis (very tiny leafhoppers) photo by Val Bugh top left to bottom right: Norvellina helenae, Texananus sp., Cantura jucunda, Sobara palliolata, Scaphoideus sp. & Eutettix sp. (mid sized leafhoppers) photo by Val Bugh Oncometopia orbona (a large leafhopper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Erynnis baptisiae (wild indigo duskywing pupa) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 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) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), toadlets Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Erynnis baptisiae   Wild Indigo Duskywing (pupa)    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth (adult & larva)       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Phyprosopus callitrichoides   Curve-lined Owlet       Eubolina impartialis   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Chararica histriculella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Salebriaria turpidella   Moth       Sciota subfuscella   Striped Sumac Leafroller Moth       Caudellia nigrella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    cosmopterigidae   Periploca sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    schreckensteiniidae   Schreckensteinia erythriella   Bristle-legged Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Chaetocnema quadricollis   Flea Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (pupa)    coccinellidae   Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle    dermestidae   Dermestes nidum   Dermestid Beetle    cryptophagidae   Cryptophagus sp.   Silken Fungus Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (nymph)       Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug    cydnidae   Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Dendrocoris humeralis   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Zyginama tripunctata   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Myzocallis sp.   Aphid    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Neivamyrmex swainsonii   Common Army Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Aleiodes sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   asilidae   Efferia tuberculata   Robber Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus sp.   Horse Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph)    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera velii   Prairie Walking Stick dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia cincticollis   African Earwig isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia flavicornis   Beaded Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Nectopsyche sp.   White Miller    glossosomatidae   Unknown sp.   Little Black Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste posticata   Barklouse thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver    salticidae   Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider