Twenty-two participants conducted this week's survey under sunny conditions that started cool and rapidly warmed. The Common Whitetail shown below will take several days for his distinctive white abdomen to appear. The reflective wax coating forms gradually and is used as a signal to other males in territorial displays. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Plathemis lydia (common whitetail, teneral male) photo by Sam Fruehling Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx) photo by Mika Geiger Megalographa biloba (bilobed looper moth) photo by David Cook Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester) photo by Katherine Daniels Euerythra trimaculata (three-spotted specter) photo by Pat Dittmar Anthocharis midea (falcate orangetip) photo by Joe Fernandes Danaus plexippus & Apis mellifera (monarch & honey bee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by Joe Fernandes Phidippus audax (bold jumper, immature) photo by Mika Geiger Procyon lotor (northern raccoon) photo by Pat Dittmar Sceloporus consobrinus (prairie lizard) photo by George Ward Halictus sp. (furrow bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Ceratina sp. & Lasioglossum sp. (small carpenter bee & sweat bee) photo by Julie Shaw Agapostemon sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Mika Geiger Pyrocephalus rubinus (vermilion flycatcher) photo by Barbara Ribble Turdus migratorius (American robin) photo by Michael Knox Polioptila caerulea (blue-gray gnatcatcher) photo by Beth Kirkhart Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk) photo by Annelia Williams Bombycilla cedrorum (cedar waxwings) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 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) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcintus), fresh digging Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion texense) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Julid Millipede (Brachyiulus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Slender Springtail (Unknown sp.) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Psaphida rolandi   Roland's Sallow       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Acronicta tota   Dagger       Acronicta atristrigatus   Dagger       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing (adult & larva)       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Spilosoma dubia   Dubious Tiger Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth       Euerythra trimaculata   Three-spotted Specter    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Gluphisia septentrionis   Prominent    eutellidae   Marathyssa basalis   Light Marathyssa    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    thyrididae   Pseudothyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx       Amphion floridensis   Nessus Sphinx    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Trigrammia quadrinotaria   Moth       Cleora sublunaria   Double-lined Gray       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia zygadeniata   Moth       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Etiella zinckenella   Gold-banded Etiella    tortricidae   Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Sereda tautana   Speckled Sereda Moth       Pseudexentera hodsoni   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Gypsonoma haimbachiana   Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth    gelechiidae   Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Chionodes thoraceochrella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth       Emmelina monodactyla   Morning Glory Plume Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella.   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella melanoclista   Tropical Fruitworm Moth       Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    momphidae   Mompha albocapitella   Moth    gracillariidae   Macrosaccus sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Teladoma sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    nepticulidae   Acalyptris sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Amara impuncticollis   Seed-eating Ground Beetle       Aztecarpalus schaefferi   Ground Beetle       Notiophilus sp.   Ground Beetle    meloidae   Lytta aenea   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Sparedrus aspersus   False Blister Beetle    melyridae   Attalus sp.   Soft-winged Flower Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    miridae   Unknown sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Empicoris orthoneuron   Thread-legged Assassin Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    thyreocoridae   Galgupha sp.   Ebony Bug    pentatomidae   Tepa sp.   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant    cynipidae   Odontocynips nebulosa   Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Netelia sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    tenthredinidae   Halidamia affinis   Galium Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly       Helophilus latifrons   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Rat-tailed Maggot (larva)       Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly    muscidae   Neomyia cornicina   Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    conopidae   Zodion sp.   Thick-headed Fly    tachinidae   Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    agromyzidae   Calycomyza sp.   Leafminer Fly       Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    empididae   Hilara sp.   Balloon Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge odonata   libellulidae   Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Leptysma marginicollis   Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph) isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider (eggs)    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider