Nineteen volunteers completed this week's survey under warm and sunny conditions. After mating in the wheel position, dragonflies and damselflies sometimes remain in tandem while the female oviposits, preventing her from mating again. As shown below, their flight is perfectly coordinated. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Anax junius (common green darner, male) photo by Betty McCreary Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawks in tandem) photo by George Ward Lestes australis (southern spreadwings mating) photo by Katherine Daniels Unknown sp. (braconid wasp) photo by Julie Shaw Vulgichneumon brevicinctor (ichneumon) photo by Julie Shaw Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjacket, male) photo by David Cook Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly, female) photo by Michael Knox Cochliomyia macellaria (secondary screwworm) photo by Harriett Wolf Toxomerus geminatus (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Hedriodiscus truquii (soldier fly) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by George Ward Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by George Ward Trimerotropis pallidipennis (pallid-winged grasshopper) photo by Egidio Leitão Rachiplusia ou (gray looper moth) photo by David Cook Atteva aurea (ailanthus webworm moth) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Agriphila vulgivagella (vagabond crambus moth) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Cycloneda munda (lady beetle) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Piezodorus guildinii (red-banded stink bug: adult & eggs) photo by Julie Shaw Phidippus cardinalis (cardinal jumper, female) photo by Mika Geiger Dalquestia formosa (Halloween harvestman) photo by Michael Knox Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Amphibians & Fish: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Milk Snail (Otala lactea), dormant Asian Jumping Worm (Amynthas agrestis) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       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       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert 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       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Condica videns   White-spotted Groundling (adult & larva)       Condica albolabes   Moth (larva)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Disclisioprocta stellata   Somber Carpet       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    gelechiidae   Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    gracillariidae   Parornix sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle       Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug       Halticotoma nicholi   Nolina Plant Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug       Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Piezodorus guildinii   Red-banded Stink Bug (adult & eggs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla celtidismamma   Hackberry Nipplegall Maker    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid 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       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Halictus ligatus   Furrow Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Eumenes bollii   Potter Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Pteromalid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Vulgichneumon brevicinctor   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus geminatus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hedriodiscus truquii   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Pelastoneurus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Sunflower Seed Maggot    bibionidae   Dilophus tibialis   March Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    muscidae   Graphomya sp.   Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito (larva)    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn 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       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure 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       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing       Neoconocephalus triops   Broad-tipped Conehead (nymph)       Orchelimum sylvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider