The weather was cool, windy and cloudy turning warm and sunny as eighteen volunteers completed this week's survey. The caterpillars shown below demonstrate the difference between poisonous and venomous: due to its milkweed diet, the Monarch has toxins within its body and is therefore poisonous if ingested, while the Buckmoth is protected from predators by brittle spines that very precisely deliver venom when contacted. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Anthidium maculosum (woolcarder bees mating) photo by Katherine Daniels Protandrena sp., Lasioglossum sp. & Perdita ignota (tiny bees) photo by Deana Dossey, Julie Shaw & Val Bugh Xylocopa micans (southern carpenter bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee entering nest hole) photo by Harriett Wolf Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch) photo by Beth Kirkhart Chondestes grammacus (lark sparrow) photo by David Cook Zonotrichia albicollis (white-throated sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Passerina cyanea (indigo bunting) photo by David Cook Danaus plexippus (monarch larva) photo by Cyd Wehner Hemileuca grotei (Grote's buck moth larva) photo by Sam Fruehling Empis sp. (dance fly) photo by Deana Dossey Tripudia flavofasciata-complex (moth) photo by Beth Kirkhart Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Julie Shaw Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus tuberculatus (Quanah grasshopper nymph) photo by George Ward Arilus cristatus (wheel bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Aquarius remigis (water strider nymph) photo by Michael Knox Misumessus lappi & Mecaphesa sp. (crab spiders) photo by Justin Council & Deana Dossey Attalus rufiventris (soft-winged flower beetle) photo by Linda Crabtree Heliocis repanda (false blister beetle) photo by Linda Crabtree Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) 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) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Texas Blind Snake (Rena dulcis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Giant Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra heros) Rams-horn (Planorbella sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Tripudia flavofasciata-complex   Moth       Acronicta sp.   Dagger (larva)       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Ommatochila mundula   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Spilosoma dubia   Dubious Tiger Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)       Hemileuca grotei   Grote's Buck Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Deidamia inscriptum   Lettered Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Eustixia pupula   Spotted Peppergrass Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller (pupa)    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia lespedezae   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Scythris trivinctella   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    cosmopterigidae   Perimede sp.   Moth       Periploca sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea texana   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle       Rhopalophora longipes   Longhorn Beetle       Mecas cineracea   Longhorn Beetle       Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle       Diclidia laetula   False Flower Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    staphylinidae   Chevrolatia sp.   Ant-like Stone Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    dermestidae   Cryptorhopalum sp.   Dermestid Beetle       Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Oscarinus texensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle       Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller    curculionidae   Lignyodes horridulus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    tingidae   Corythucha marmorata   Chrysanthemum Lace Bug    miridae   Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug (nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Parthenicus juniperi   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Plagiognathus maculipennis   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus sp.   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris davisi   Plant Bug       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider (adult & nymph)    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    thyreocoridae   Corimelaena sp.   Ebony Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (eggs)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Neocoelidia tumidifrons   Leafhopper (nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    membracidae   Cyrtolobus nr. rufulus   Treehopper    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid (gall)    calophyidae   Calophya minuta   Psyllid    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Aphis illinoisensis   Grapevine Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee       Perdita ignota   Fairy Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidium maculosum   Woolcarder Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Labidus coecus   Army Ant (alate)    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Coelichneumon sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (adult & pupa)    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Anthrax irroratus   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes sinuosa   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Scleropogon sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Odontomyia sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Anthomyia sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    lauxaniidae   Poecilominettia valida   Lauxaniid Fly       Melanomyza femoralis   Lauxaniid Fly    empididae   Empis sp.   Dance Fly    hybotidae   Platypalpus sp.   Hybotid Dance Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus tuberculatus   Quanah Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (larva)       Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips    phlaeothripidae   Unknown sp.   Tube-tailed Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider