The weather was mild and mostly sunny as twenty-two participants contributed to this week's survey. The paper wasp shown below is not eating the caterpillar it has just killed but is preparing to carry it back to the nest. Adult wasps feed on nectar and other sweet liquids, but their larvae require protein. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Yvonne Karnath Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's sparrow) photo by Bill Boyd Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Bombus pensylvanicus & Xylocopa virginica (American bumble bee & eastern carpenter bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Helophilus fasciatus (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Polistes exclamans & Unknown sp. (paper wasp butchering caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Polistes rubiginosus (red wasp, male) photo by Deana Dossey Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjackets: males trying to mate with a queen) photo by Michael Knox Eleutherodatylus marnockii (cliff chirping frog) photo by Val Bugh Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper) photo by Yvonne Karnath Liorhyssus hyalinus (hyaline grass bug) photo by Joe Fernandes Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebug) photo by Mika Geiger Chinavia hilaris (green stink bug nymph) photo by Katherine Daniels Chrysolina auripennis (leaf beetle) photo by Linda Crabtree Mecaphesa sp. & Polymerus basalis (crab spider eating plant bug) photo by Julie Shaw Hibana sp. (ghost spider) photo by Julie Shaw Larinia directa (orbweaver) photo by Mika Geiger Peucetia viridans (green lynx) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Unknown sp. (snout mite) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Unknown sp. (two-pronged bristletail) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Cliff Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus marnockii) Misc.: Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Giant Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra heros) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Snout Mite (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Two-pronged Bristletail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus eresimus   Soldier       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   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       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm (larva)       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Agrotis malefida   Rascal Dart       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Hypena minualis   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Eupithecia longidens   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Laetilia coccidivora   Scale-feeding Snout Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina ottawana   Peach Fruitworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Emmelina monodactyla   Morning Glory Plume Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Dorcasta cinerea   Longhorn Beetle       Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pensylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    carabidae   Cyclotrachelus gravidus   Ground Beetle       Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle       Discoderus sp.   Ground Beetle    melyridae   Collops balteatus   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    dytiscidae   Hygrotus nubilus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug       Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus filamentus   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Limotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus superbus   Leafhopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Aphis sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Halictus ligatus   Furrow Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Stelis sp.   Dark Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Stenodynerus propinquus   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Pteromalid Wasp    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus geminatus   Flower Fly       Helophilus fasciatus   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Tachytrechus sp.   Long-legged Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Siphona sp.   Tachinid Fly       Paradidyma sp.   Tachinid Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    limoniidae   Symplecta cana   Crane Fly       Gonomyia sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American 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 (adult & nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (adult & larva)       Eremochrysa punctinervis   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & eggs) mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly archaeognatha   meinertellidae   Unknown sp.   Rock Bristletail zygentoma   nicoletiidae   Battigrassiella wheeleri   Silverfish    lepismatidae   Ctenolepisma longicaudata   Gray Silverfish araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Larinia directa   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    trachelidae   Trachelas sp.   Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider