A dozen participants completed this week's survey on a hot and mostly sunny morning. Both the spider wasp and the mud dauber shown below hunt and paralyze spiders to feed their young. But while the mud dauber packs numerous small spiders into an individual cell, the spider wasp provides just one victim large enough to support the complete growth of each grub. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Caracara plancus (crested caracara) photo by Annelia Williams Lanius ludovicianus (loggerhead shrike) photo by Annelia Williams Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Julie Shaw Unknown sp. (spider wasp) photo by George Ward Sceliphron caementarium (yellow-and-black mud dauber) photo by Linda Crabtree Euodynerus pratensis (mason wasp) photo by Justin Council Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjacket) photo by Julie Shaw Timulla oajaca (velvet ant, male) photo by Julie Shaw Chinavia hilaris (green stink bug hatchlings) photo by Justin Council Jalysus sp. (stilt bug) photo by Michael Knox Aetole tripunctella (moth) photo by Julie Shaw Xylophanes tersa (tersa sphinx) photo by Michael Knox Burnsius philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Sam Fruehling Burnsius communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Michael Knox Urbanus proteus (long-tailed skipper) photo by David Cook Incilius nebulifer (gulf coast toad tadpole) photo by George Ward Spharagemon equale (Say's grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Arphia simplex (plains yellow-winged grasshopper) photo by Dan Zinn Hippiscus ocelote (wrinkled grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Cotinis nitida (green June beetle) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 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) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Leech (Erpobdella sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (larva)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Copaeodes sp.   Skipperling       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Urbanus proteus   Long-tailed Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Acronicta afflicta   Afflicted Dagger       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia petulans   Flower Moth    erebidae   Tyrissa multilinea   Moth       Matigramma rubrosuffusa   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Heterocampa pulverea   Prominent       Heterocampa astartoides   Prominent       Hyparpax aurostriata   Prominent       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent       Peridea angulosa   Angled Prominent    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth       Aellopos sp.   Sphinx Moth       Xylophanes tersa   Tersa Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Fernaldella fimetaria   Green Broomweed Looper Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Salebriaria turpidella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista sp.   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Rhyacionia frustrana   Nantucket Pine Tip Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Ancylis platanana   Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth       Cochylichroa aurorana   Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    depressariidae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    tischeriidae   Astrotischeria helianthi   Trumpet Leafminer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Disonycha leptolineata   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Harpalus katiae   Ground Beetle       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    staphylinidae   Tachyporus jocosus   Crab-like Rove Beetle       Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    anthicidae   Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Atrazonotus umbrosus   Seed Bug (adult & nymph)       Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug       Metacanthus multispinus   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia mulsanti   Water Treader    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    nabidae   Pagasa fusca   Damsel Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Alconeura fulminea   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Hamana manifesta   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Tagosodes sp.   Planthopper       Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)       Chionomus sp.   Planthopper       Metadelphax propinqua   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile policaris   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium subrufulum   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus foraminatus   Mason Wasp       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sceliphron caementariums   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex habenus   Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Anthrax pluto   Bee Fly       Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Culex coronator   Mosquito    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer 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 (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)       Eunemobius carolinus   Carolina Ground Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & eggs)    berothidae   Lomamyia flavicornis   Beaded Lacewing       Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly psocoptera   unknown family   Unknown sp.   Barklouse embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    gnaphosidae   Micaria sp.   Ground Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider