It was very hot and sunny as a team of thirteen contributed to this week's survey. Snakes and lizards are closely related and both periodically shed their skins as they grow. While a snake's peels off in one inside-out piece, a lizard's, as shown below, comes off in numerous ragged sections, sometimes giving it a rather shabby appearance. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Beth Kirkhart Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur puddling) photo by Sam Fruehling Urbanus dorantes (dorantes longtail) photo by George Ward Urbanus proteus (long-tailed skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Cydia latiferreana (filbertworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Linda Crabtree Polistes metricus (paper wasp) photo by Linda Crabtree Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee, male) photo by Mika Geiger Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird juvenile) photo by George Ward Anolis carolinensis (green anole molting) photo by Justin Council Dryophytes cinereus (green tree frog) photo by Justin Council Pseudiastata nebulosa (vinegar fly) photo by Val Bugh Xanthaciura sp. (fruit flies mating) photo by Justin Council Unknown sp. (flesh fly) photo by Julie Shaw Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper) photo by Julie Shaw Mecaphesa sp. & Rachiplusia ou (crab spider eating gray looper moth) photo by Michael Knox Argyrodes elevatus (silver dewdrop spider eating orbweaver's wrapped prey) photo by Katherine Daniels Peucetia viridans (green lynx with egg sac) photo by Julie Shaw Telebasis salva (desert firetails mating) photo by Beth Kirkhart Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 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) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) 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) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Mite (Leptus sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Land Snail (Unknown sp.) 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 phaon   Phaon Crescent       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       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       Urbanus dorantes   Dorantes Longtail    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache expolita   Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Schinia siren   Alluring Flower Moth       Schinia mortua   Flower Moth    erebidae   Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult, larva & eggs)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth       Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (adult & larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Conchylodes ovulalis   Zebra Conchylodes       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth    pyralidae   Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    autostichidae   Taygete gallaegenitella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth       Neoheliodines hodgesi   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle       Enaphalodes rufulus   Red Oak Borer    mordellidae   Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Tachyporus jocosus   Crab-like Rove Beetle       Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    ptinidae   Ptinus sp.   Spider Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena obtusa   Mesquite Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Clivinema sp.   Plant Bug       Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Eratoneura lunata   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Pendarus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Xyphon flaviceps   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Metadelphax propinqua   Planthopper    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper       Micrutalis sp.   Treehopper    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   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       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    agromyzidae   Melanagromyza sp.   Leafminer Fly    drosophilidae   Pseudiastata nebulosa   Vinegar Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    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 ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail 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 (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus texanus   Texas Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    trachelidae   Trachelas sp.   Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider