It was very hot and sunny as fifteen volunteers completed this week's survey. Many skippers have small markings on their forewings that look white or silvery. These are actually patches devoid of scales, called glassy spots, that at some angles reflect light but can also appear perfectly clear, as illustrated by the powdered-skipper shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) photo by David Cook Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Parancistrocerus fulvipes (mason wasp) photo by Mika Geiger Tabanus sp. (horse fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Copestylum marginatum & Palpada vinetorum (flower flies) photo by Val Bugh & Mika Geiger Sphex lucae (digger wasp) photo by George Ward Prionyx sp. (thread-waisted wasp) photo by Michael Knox Ophionellus sp. (ichneumon ovipositing) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged loopers) photo by Mika Geiger & Val Bugh Acanthoscelides sp. (bean weevil) photo by Mika Geiger Coccyzus americanus (yellow-billed cuckoo with katydid) photo by Beth Kirkhart Vireo olivaceus (red-eyed vireo) photo by Beth Kirkhart Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch, female) photo by George Ward Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch, male) photo by Beth Kirkhart Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion with young) photo by Barbara Ribble Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver in retreat) photo by Tasneem Ahsanullah Argiope aurantia & Argyrodes sp. (black and yellow garden spider & 5 silver dewdrop spiders) photo by Bill Boyd Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Peucetia viridans & Pachydiplax longipennis (green lynx eating blue dasher) photo by Mika Geiger Uloborus glomosus (feather-legged orbweaver) photo by Katherine Daniels & Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 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) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 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) 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 Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging 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) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri), tadpole Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus), with young Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       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       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes sp.   Skipperling       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       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       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cobubatha orthozona   Moth       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Melipotis acontioides   Royal Poinciana Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    nolidae   Baileya australis   Small Baileya    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Paraeschra georgica   Georgian Prominent       Heterocampa astartoides   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Creosote Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Fernaldella fimetaria   Green Broomweed Looper Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Diacme elealis   Paler Diacme Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Salebriaria turpidella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Baphala pallida   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Ofatulena duodecemstriata   Leafroller Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Chionodes mariona   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    depressariidae   Ethmia hodgesella   Ethmia Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    cosmopterigidae   Stilbosis sp.   Moth       Teladoma sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    momphidae   Mompha murtfeldtella   Moth    gracillariidae   Parectopa bumeliella   Moth       Phllonorycter sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia sp.   Moth    tineidae   Diachorisia velatella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer    anthicidae   Acanthinus argentinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    phalacridae   Phalacrus sp.   Shining Flower Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle    staphylinidae   Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle       Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    dytiscidae   Uvarus sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    elateridae   Glyphonyx sp.   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis puberula   Scarab       Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug       Phytocoris breviusculus   Juniper Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia mulsanti   Water Treader    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Agallia constricta   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Graminella sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Erythroneura sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper       Mendozellus laredanus   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 sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper       Vanduzea segmentata   Treehopper    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Neotibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    ortheziidae   Orthezia sp.   Ensign Scale (adult & nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    chrysididae   Chrysis angolensis   Cuckoo Wasp    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophionellus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus sp.   Horse Fly    drosophilidae   Zaprionus indianus   Vinegar Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Culex coronator   Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       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 punctulatus   Pinetree Spurthroat       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       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       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider