Fourteen volunteers enjoyed warm and partly cloudy weather during this week's survey. Separating flies from bees can be tricky because of rampant mimicry amongst the former. One useful clue is antenna length: flies usually have short (see bee flies shown below) and bees have longer. Exceptions occur, though; note the conspicuously long antennae on the illustrated soldier flies. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cicindelidia punctulata (tiger beetle) photo by Michael Knox Acmaeodera flavomarginata (metallic woodborer) photo by Joe Fernandes Coscinoptera aeneipennis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Neotephritis finalis (fruit fly ovipositing) photo by Katherine Daniels Hoplitimyia mutabilis (soldier fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Hoplitimyia constans (soldier fly) photo by Sam Fruehling Hemipenthes scylla (bee fly) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Villa lateralis (bee fly) photo by Julie Shaw Geocoris punctipes (big-eyed bug) photo by Val Bugh Balclutha sp. (leafhopper) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Sympherobius perparvus, Sympherobius occidentalis, Hemerobius stigma & Micromus subanticus (brown lacewings) photo by Val Bugh Eremberga insignis (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Melitara junctolineella (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Libytheana carinenta (American snout) photo by Joe Fernandes Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Michael Knox Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by George Ward Melanoplus ponderosus (ponderous grasshopper) photo by Julie Shaw Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee nectar stealing) photo by Julie Shaw Stagmomantis carolina, Apis mellifera & Unknown sp. (Carolina mantis eating honey bee with freeloader fly) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing larva) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), tracks & fresh scat Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), fresh scat White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), tracks & fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), tracks & fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), tracks & fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Water Mite (Unknown sp.), larvae on midge Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.), larvae on damselfly Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.), dormant Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper       Unknown sp.   Skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Leucania incognita   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Eublemma minima   Everlasting Bud Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Parapoynx diminutalis   Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Hellula rogatalis   Cabbage Webworm Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Eremberga insignis   Cactus Borer Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Streptopalpia minusculalis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina ottawana   Peach Fruitworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (larva)    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    schreckensteiniidae   Schreckensteinia erythriella   Bristle-legged Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth       Acalyptris sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Coscinoptera aeneipennis   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Scymnus louisianae   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer       Paragrilus rugatulus   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta immaculata   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle       Bothrotes canaliculatus   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle       Cicindelidia punctulata   Tiger Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    aderidae   Ganascus ventricosus   Antlike Leaf Beetle    throscidae   Trixagus chevrolati   Small False Click Beetle    curculionidae   Pheloconus hispidus   Weevil       Smicronyx sp.   Weevil       Trepobaris sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    geocoridae   Geocoris punctipes   Big-eyed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Halticotoma nicholi   Nolina Plant Bug       Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug       Parthenicus juniperi   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Gracilimiris litoralis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia mulsanti   Water Treader    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela homoptera   cicadellidae   Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Osbornellus filamentus   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Stragania robusta   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    delphacidae   Chionomus sp.   Planthopper       Sogatella kolophon   Planthopper       Pissonotus sp.   Planthopper       Tagosodes orizicolus   Rice Delphacid    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Mining Bee       Andrena reflexa   Mining Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus ligatus   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Dielis plumipes   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus geminatus   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Villa lateralis   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax anthrax   Bee Fly       Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly       Hoplitimyia constans   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    hypotidae   Unknown sp.   Hybotid Dance Fly    limoniidae   Gonomyia sp.   Crane Fly       Limonia communis   Crane Fly    ceratopogonidae   Unknown sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & eggs)    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing       Micromus subanticus   Brown Lacewing       Sympherobius occidentalis   Brown Lacewing       Sympherobius perparvus   Brown Lacewing       Hemerobius stigma   Brown Lacewing       Hemerobius sp.   Brown Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly strepsiptera   stylopidae   Unknown sp.   Twisted-wing Parasite trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste posticata   Barklouse    lachesillidae   Lachesilla sp.   Barklouse embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha elongata   Longjawed Orbweaver       Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus notius   Pirate Spider    pisauridae   Pisaurina mira   Nursery Web Spider