The weather was quite warm and mostly cloudy as a team of eighteen contributed to this week's survey. The pointy "tails" on the earwig shown below are called cerci. A number of different insects have these highly adaptable appendages; the ovipositing female grasshopper shown next is using her specialized cerci to dig a hole for depositing eggs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cycloneda sanguinea (red lady beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Argia sedula (blue-ringed dancer) photo by Michael Knox Pantala hymenaea (spot-winged glider) photo by Michael Knox Crematogaster laeviuscula & Aphis illinoisensis (acrobat ants tending grapevine aphids) photo by Val Bugh Parancistrocerus fulvipes (mason wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Unknown sp. & Cheumatopsyche sp. (saddle case-maker & netspinning caddisflies) photo by Val Bugh Nectopsyche sp. (white miller) photo by Val Bugh Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur) photo by Linh Huynh Xenox tigrinus (tiger bee fly) photo by Harriett Wolf Passerina ciris (painted bunting, female) photo by George Ward Zenaida macroura (mourning doves) photo by George Ward Euborellia annulipes (ring-legged earwig) photo by Val Bugh Mermiria bivittata (two-striped mermiria ovipositing) photo by Sam Fruehling Pediodectes haldemanii (Haldeman's shieldback, brown form) photo by Pat Dittmar Pediodectes haldemanii (Haldeman's shieldback, green form) photo by Sam Fruehling Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper) photo by Katherine Daniels Schistocerca obscura (obscure bird grasshopper) photo by Katherine Daniels Paratettix mexicanus (pygmy grasshopper) photo by Linda Crabtree Peucetia viridans, Phidippus audax & Dolomedes triton (green lynx, bold jumper & fishing spider) photo by Linda Crabtree, Katherine Daniels & Val Bugh Macaria aequiferaria (woody angle larva) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 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) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Amber Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Anaea sp.   Leafwing (pupa)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & pupa)       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & exuviae)    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Cobubatha dividua   Moth       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Enigmogramma basigera   Pink-washed Looper Moth (pupa)       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult, larva & egg)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Creosote Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle (larva)       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Fernaldella fimetaria   Green Broomweed Looper Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Diacme elealis   Paler Diacme Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Eoreuma densella   wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Chararica histriculella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Sparganothis distincta   Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    cosmopterigidae   Perimede sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    momphidae   Mompha eloisella   Red-streaked Mompha Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm (larva)    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Chaetocnema quadricollis   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus leucomelas   Leaf Beetle       Deloyala guttata   Tortoise Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    ptinidae   Caenocara sp.   Puffball Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Tetragonoderus intersectus   Ground Beetle       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle    staphylinidae   Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle       Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    dryopidae   Pelonomus obscurus   Long-toed Water Beetle    dytiscidae   Coptotomus venustus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Enochrus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Paracymus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    anthicidae   Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle       Notoxus calcaratus   Antlike Flower Beetle    aderidae   Syzeton pallidus   Antlike Leaf Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Digitonthophagus gazella   Dung Beetle       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (egg)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora depicturata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Gargaphia sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Homalodisca insolita   Sharpshooter       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper       Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala inscripta   Waterlettuce Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Zyginama tripunctata   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura octonotata   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    delphacidae   Unknown sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Aphis illinoisensis   Grape Aphid       Uroleucon sp.   Aphid    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    eulophidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Moth    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   sawfly diptera   asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Xenox tigrinus   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia sedula   Blue-ringed Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pantala hymenaea   Spot-winged Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera velii   Prairie Walking Stick dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig 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    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly       Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Plexippus paykulli   Pantropical Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider