A group of sixteen contributed to this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. Gregg's Mistflower (Conoclinium greggii) produces pyrrolizidine alkaloids that are sequestered by the myriad male Queens nectaring at the blossoms, as shown below. These compounds are transferred to females when mating and subsequently to the eggs they lay, presumably helping to deter predation. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph larvae) photo by Julie Shaw Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug: nymph & adult) photo by Mika Geiger Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Harriett Wolf Thmnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Bill Boyd Incilius nebulifer (gulf coast toad) photo by Julie Shaw Anax junius (common green darner ovipositing) photo by Beth Kirkhart Erythrodiplax umbrata (band-winged dragonlet) photo by Beth Kirkhart Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmers in tandem) photo by Julie Shaw Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktails mating) photo by Julie Shaw Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshoppers mating) photo by Sam Fruehling Mermiria bivittata (two-striped mermirias mating) photo by Sam Fruehling Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick, female) photo by Michael Knox Zenaida macroura (mourning doves) photo by George Ward Danaus gilippus (queen, males) photo by David Cook Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Linh Huynh Ptichodis vinculum (black-tipped ptichodis) photo by Val Bugh Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth) photo by Val Bugh Efferia sp. (robber fly) photo by Egidio Leitão Atomosia melanopogon (robber fly) photo by Julie Shaw Hadrokolos texanus (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 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) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 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) 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) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), adult & tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Chigger (Unknown sp.) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Anaea aidea   Tropical Leafwing       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Trichoplusia ni   Ni Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Acronicta lobeliae   Greater Oak Dagger       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Ptichodis vinculum   Black-tipped Ptichodis       Ommatochila mundula   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Euerythra trimaculata   Three-spotted Specter    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Rifargia subrotata   Small Heterocampa    sphingidae   Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Creosote Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Fernaldella fimetaria   Green Broomweed Looper Moth    limacodidae   Apoda latomia   Western Rectilinea Slug Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Petrophila bifascialis   Two-banded Petrophila       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Zamagiria australella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Sosipatra knudsoni   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Baphala pallida   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth       Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosiae Plume Moth    cosmopterigidae   Stilbosis sp.   Moth       Triclonella determinatella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    bedellidae   Bedellia somnulentella   Morning-glory Leafminer Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella apicialbella   Pygmy Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth    tineidae   Diachorisia velatella   Moth       Xylesthia pruniramiella   Clemen's Bark Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Rhabdopterus sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle    anthicidae   Stricticomus tobias   Antlike Flower Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle       Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    dermestidae   Trogoderma primum   Dermestid Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis puberula   Scarab    mordellidae   Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug    miridae   Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug       Parthenicus sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider (adult & nymph)    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug       Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Dendrocoris humeralis   Stink Bug       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Graminella sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Erythroneura sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper       Xerophloea viridis   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    achilidae   Opsiplanon luella   Planthopper    kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Neotibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    bethylidae   Pristepyris sp.   Bethylid Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Hadrokolos texanus   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Anthomyia illocata   Root Maggot Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito 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       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Pantala hymenaea   Spot-winged Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera velii   Prairie Walking Stick       Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walking Stick mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysopa quadripunctata   Four Spotted Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs)    myrmeleontidae   Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly psocoptera   lachesillidae   Lachesilla sp.   Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver