The morning began cool but soon turned hot and sunny as a team of seventeen contributed to this week's survey. The nictitating membrane visible on the Mockingbird shown below is a translucent eyelid that slides horizontally, cleaning, moistening and protecting the eye while still allowing the bird to see. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by George Ward Passerina caerulea (blue grosbeak, immature) photo by Michael Knox Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by George Ward Sialia sialis (eastern bluebird) photo by George Ward Megachile policaris (leafcutter bee, male) photo by Julie Shaw Protandrena sp. (mining bee) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Brachygastra mellifica (Mexican honey wasp) photo by Julie Shaw Systoechus sp. (bee fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Julie Shaw Trichopoda plumipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Julie Shaw Philanthus ventilabris (beewolf) photo by Julie Shaw Conura sp. (chalcid wasp) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Aetole tripunctella (moth) photo by Deana Dossey Diaphania hyalinata (melonworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm moth) photo by Katherine Daniels Neoscona oaxacensis (orbweaver) photo by Deana Dossey Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Beth Kirkhart Arilus cristatus & Unknown sp. (wheel bug with tachinid fly egg) photo by Julie Shaw Hemiargus isola & Unknown sp. (Reakirt's blue larva & ants) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail, black phase female) photo by Michael Knox Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Raven (Crovus corax) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), tracks Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), tracks & fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Hammerhead Planarian (Bipalium kewense) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra bifidalis   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Diaphania hyalinata   Melonworm Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus    pyralidae   Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Anacampsis comparanda   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Mesophleps adustipennis   Soybean Webworm Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    pterophoridae   Dejongia californicus   Gumweed Plume Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hyperaspis bigeminata   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellina pustulata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    nitidulidae   Carpophilus nepos   Sap Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & eggs)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus filamentus   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosa   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra recurva   Planthopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Pissonotus sp.   Planthopper       Javesella sp.   Planthopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    aphididae   Uroleucon verbesinae   Bicolored Frostweed Aphid    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Diadasia enavata   Sunflower Chimney Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Mining Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leafcutter Bee       Megachile policaris   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus foraminatuss   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    crabronidae   Bicyrtes ventralis   Sand Wasp       Philanthus ventilabris   Beewolf    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp       Sphex pensylvanicus   Great Black Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    dryinidae   Unknown sp.   Pincer Wasp    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp (gall)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly       Ormia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Vanderwulpia sequens   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Chrysotus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    muscidae   Unknown sp.   Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly       Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Culex sp.   Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito (larva)    limoniidae   Gonomyia sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    ceratopogonidae   Culicoides sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Orphulella pelidna   Spotted-wing Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph)    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg & larva)    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly       Smicridea fasciatella   Netspinning Caddisfly    glossosomatidae   Unknown sp.   Saddle Case-maker Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus texanus   Texas Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Metacyrba taeniola   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider