It was extremely hot and sunny as nine volunteers conducted this week's survey. Like its brown relatives, the Green Cockroach (see below) produces an ootheca containing multiple eggs, but instead of being deposited, it is retained within the female's body until hatching, giving the illusion of live birth when the nymphs emerge. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Euphyes vestris & Mecaphesa sp. (dun skipper & crab spider) photo by Mika Geiger Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper) photo by Michael Knox Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Michael Knox Psamatodes abydata (dot-lined angle) photo by Michael Knox Neoscona crucifera & Danaus plexippus (orbweaver eating monarch) photo by Mika Geiger Mermiria bivittata (two-striped mermiria) photo by Sam Fruehling Mermiria texana (Texas mermiria) photo by George Ward Asphera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Mika Geiger Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Graphocephala hieroglyphica (leafhopper) photo by Mika Geiger Megachile policaris & Megachile spp. (leafcutter bee males showing modified front legs) photo by Mika Geiger Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by George Ward Panchlora nivea (green cockroach) photo by Val Bugh Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Mika Geiger Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Annelia Williams Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Mika Geiger Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Mika Geiger Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by Bill Boyd Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 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) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (larva)       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       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    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       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Cerma cerintha   Tufted Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Catabena lineolata   Fine-line Sallow       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Bulia deducta   Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Toxonprucha excavata   Moth       Tyrissa multilinea   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Euerythra trimaculata   Three-spotted Specter    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Creosote Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Pyrausta demantrialis   Pyrausta Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth    pyralidae   Acrobasis sp.   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Zamagiria australella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Pococera euphemella   Mesquite Leaftier Moth       Dioryctria sp.   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Rhopobota finitimana   Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Chionodes phalacra   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth       Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosiae Plume Moth    cosmopterigidae   Teladoma sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    depressariidae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth    tineidae   Diachorisia velatella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Paragrilus rugatulus   Metallic Woodborer    anthicidae   Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    scirtidae   Scirtes orbiculatus   Marsh Beetle       Contacyphon sp.   Marsh Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle    staphylinidae   Tachyporus jocosus   Crab-like Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle       Lobopoda sp.   Comb-clawed Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellina pustulata   Tumbling Flower Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Prytanes fuscicornis   Seed Bug       Cryphula trimaculata   Seed Bug       Pseudopamera setosa   Seed Bug       Ptochiomera nodosa   Seed Bug       Valonetus puberulus   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Parthenicus juniperi   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Hamana manifesta   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile policaris   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Isodontia apicalis   Grass-carrying Wasp    pompilidae   Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp (gall)    scelionidae   Unknown sp.   Scelionid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (pupa)    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito 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       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria texana   Texas Mermiria       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia cincticollis   African Earwig blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Cockroach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) neuroptera   mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste posticata   Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx