Sixteen participants conducted this week's survey under very warm and sunny conditions, with additional sightings by the monthly birding group. Owls cannot sweat, so when they are hot, as shown below, they dissipate heat by panting, or gular fluttering. Their throat feathers quiver in response to the rapid vibrating of their throat membranes. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phyllobrotica sororia (leaf beetle) photo by Justin Council Trichiotinus texanus (Texas flower scarab) photo by Val Bugh Harmostes reflexulus (scentless plant bug) photo by Linda Crabtree Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (cotton flea hopper) photo by Justin Council Apiomerus spissipes & Apis mellifera (bee assassin eating honey bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Diadasia afflicta (chimney bee) photo by Mika Geiger Bombus sonorus (Sonoran bumble bee) photo by David Cook Tibellus sp. (running crab spider releasing silk) photo by Mika Geiger Mangora placida (orbweaver) photo by Linda Crabtree Unknown sp. (leafroller on silk strand) photo by Val Bugh Hyphantria cunea (fall webworms) photo by Michael Knox Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph larva) photo by Michael Knox Derospidea brevicollis (leaf beetle larva) photo by Mika Geiger Bubo virginianus (great horned owl gular fluttering) photo by George Ward Polioptila caerulea (blue-gray gnatcatcher) photo by Annelia Williams Sialia sialis (eastern bluebird) photo by Annelia Williams Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Bill Boyd Piranga rubra (summer tanager) photo by Annelia Williams Argia funebris (springwater dancers ovipositing in tandem) photo by Katherine Daniels Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Michael Knox Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 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) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoleta lindheimeri) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Gall Mites (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion texense) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & larva)       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem    noctuidae   Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Tripudia luxuriosa   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Phyprosopus callitrichoides   Curve-lined Owlet    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (adult & larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia longidens   Moth       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Elophila gyralis   Waterlily Borer Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Myelopsis alatella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes mignonella   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    gelechiidae   Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Deltophora sella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth (larva)    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth (adult & larva)    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella resplendsella   Pygmy Moth       Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth       Triclonella determinatella   Moth    gracillariidae   Marmara sp.   Moth       Neurobathra sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    tineidae   Stenoptinea auriferella   Fungus Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus minor   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Phyllotreta sp.   Flea Beetle       Psylliodes convexior   Flea Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle (larva)       Anisostena cyanea   Leaf Beetle       Phyllobrotica sororia   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Ptosima laeta   Redbud Borer    cerambycidae   Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    tenebrionidae   Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    cantharidae   Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle       Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle       Rhagonycha hirticula   Soldier Beetle    carabidae   Carabus finitimus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Enochrus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle       Attalus nigripes   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle       Canifa sp.   False Flower Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordellistena sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordellina pustulata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle       Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (egg)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeospilus tripunctatus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Lopidea confluenta   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Mexicomiris texanus   Plant Bug (nymph)       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius collitus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Norvellina texana   Leafhopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    coccidae   Parthenolecanium sp.   Scale    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Diadasia afflicta   Chimney Bee       Diadasia sp.   Chimney Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    pompilidae   Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Labidus coecus   Army Ant (alate)    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Urosigalphus sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Meromacrus acutus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Scleropogon sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Cephalochrysa sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    culicidaee   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    limoniidae   Helius flavipes   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus fasciatus   Slender Meadow Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach isoptera   termitidae   Anoplotermes fumosus   Soldierless Termite    rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite (alate) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider       Tibellus sp.   Running Crab Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider