Thirteen volunteers completed this week's survey under hot, sunny conditions. The large webs created by our biggest orbweavers usually have tiny unrelated spiders crawling about in them (examples of both shown below). Silver Dewdrop Spiders are kleptoparasites that eat tiny insects stuck to the silk as well as helping themselves to captured prey, even as the owner herself is feeding. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver) photo by Julie Shaw Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Michael Knox Argyrodes sp. (silver dewdrop spider) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by David Cook Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus & Opheodrys aestivus (redstripe ribbon snake & rough green snake) photo by David Cook & Julie Shaw Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee) photo by David Cook Ceratina sp. (small carpenter bee) photo by Linda Crabtree Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Beth Kirkhart Leptoglossus phyllopus (eastern leaf-footed bug) photo by Linda Crabtree Polymerus basalis (plant bug) photo by Linda Crabtree Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin) photo by Julie Shaw Curicta scorpio (water scorpion nymph) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by George Ward Scymnus sp. (lady beetle larva) photo by Julie Shaw Clastoptera xanthocephala (sunflower spittlebug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Fernaldella fimetaria (green broomweed looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Euerythra phasma & Euerythra trimaculata (red-tailed specter & three-spotted specter) photo by Val Bugh Aedes albopictus & Culex coronator (mosquitoes) photo by Val Bugh Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick, male) photo by Linda Crabtree Zenaida asiatica (white-winged doves) photo by George Ward Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 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) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 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 Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 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) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       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       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (adult & larva)       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Toxonprucha excavata   Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Euerythra trimaculata   Three-spotted Specter       Euerythra phasma   Red-tailed Specter    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Paraeschra georgica   Georgian Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Creosote Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Fernaldella fimetaria   Green Broomweed Looper Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Chararica histriculella   Moth       Pococera euphemella   Mesquite Leaftier Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Salebriaria turpidella   Moth       Salebriaria ademptandella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Salebriaria simpliciella   Moth       Baphala pallida   Moth       Zamagiria australella   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Crocidosema plegejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Pseudotelphusa sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia hodgesella   Ethmia Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    cosmopterigidae   Stilbosis sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Acalymma vittatum   Striped Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer    ptinidae   Ptinus sp.   Spider Beetle    phalacridae   Phalacrus sp.   Shining Flower Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Dendrobiella sericans   Powder-post Beetle    dytiscidae   Heterosternuta diversicornis   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris breviusculus   Juniper Plant Bug       Eustictus claripennis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    nepidae   Curicta scorpio   Water Scorpion (nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & eggs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura octonotata   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura lunata   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Unknown sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   bombyliidae   Unknown sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Anthomyia illocata   Root Maggot Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Culex coronator   Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Procecidochares sp.   Gall Midge (gall) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia funebris   Springwater 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       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Phaedrotettix dumicola   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Aethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walking Stick mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) blattodea   blaberidae   Pycnoscelus surinamensis   Surinam Roach (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   dustywing embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    gnaphosidae   Sergiolus sp.   Ground Spider    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider