Eighteen volunteers conducted this week's survey under warm and mostly cloudy conditions. The tortoise beetle larva shown below is carrying a nested series of its old molted exoskeletons on specialized rear appendages. It often holds this mass like an umbrella over its back as protection from parasitoids and predators. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Beth Kirkhart Archilochus sp. (hummingbird) photo by Annelia Williams Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch) photo by Annelia Williams Ancylocera bicolor (longhorn beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Batyle ignicollis (longhorn beetle) photo by Barbara Ribble Moneilema armatum (cactus longhorn) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hippodamia convergens (convergent lady beetle) photo by Michael Knox Cycloneda munda (lady beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spotted lady beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Cassida relicta (tortoise beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Jenn Goff Lestes australis (southern spreadwing) photo by Beth Kirkhart Protandrena sp. (bees mating, with interloper) photo by Julie Shaw Armadillidium vulgare (pillbugs mating) photo by Jenn Goff Hypsosinga rubens (orbweaver) photo by Julie Shaw Naphrys acerba (jumping spider) photo by Julie Shaw Cirrhophanus pretiosa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lithacodes fasciola (yellow-shouldered slug moth) photo by Val Bugh Anthanassa texana (Texan crescent) photo by David Cook Junonia coenia (common buckeye) 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-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) 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) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) 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) Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Amber Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Anthanassa texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia erastrioides   Small Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth (larva)       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Cirrhophanus pretiosa   Moth       Sympistis kappa   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis acontioides   Royal Poinciana Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginia Tiger Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Hyparpax aurostriata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)       Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    limacodidae   Lithacodes fasciola   Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Leptosteges vestaliella   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips sermiferanus   Oak Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista matutina   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    zygaenidae   Harrisina americana   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth (larva)    tineidae   Stenoptinea auriferella   Fungus Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth       Caloptilia sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Kuschelina petaurista   Flea Beetle       Cassida relicta   Tortoise Beetle (larva)       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle       Unknown sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Batyle suturalis   Longhorn Beetle       Rhopalophora longipes   Longhorn Beetle       Ancylocera bicolor   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn       Anelaphus debilis   Longhorn Beetle       Anelaphus villosus   Twig Pruner       Unknown sp.   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Lobopoda sp.   Comb-clawed Beetle    cantharidae   Malthinus occipitalis   Soldier Beetle    carabidae   Calosoma scrutator   Caterpillar Hunter       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle       Discoderus sp.   Ground Beetle       Amara sp.   Seed-eating Ground Beetle       Harpalus sp.   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle    dytiscidae   Hygrotus nubilus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    melyridae   Melyrodes cribrata   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Canifa pallipes   False Flower Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    ptinidae   Tricorynus sp.   Beetle       Calymmaderus nitidus   Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Digitonthophagus gazella   Dung Beetle    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil       Omileus epicaeroides   Broad-nosed Weevil       Unknown sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug    nabidae   Nabis alternatus   Damsel Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)       Oncocephalus geniculatus   Assassin Bug       Oncerotrachelus pallidus   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug       Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (nymph)       Protalebrella conica   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Cyrtolobus tuberosus   Treehopper       Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper (adult & nymph)    clastopteridae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Aphis illinoisensis   Grapevine Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted 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       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes sinuosa   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Laphria macquarti   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Terellia sp.   Fruit Fly    conopidae   Physocephala sagittaria   Thick-headed Fly    agromyzidae   Calycomyza sp.   Leafminer Fly       Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga tonkawa   Sand Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (adult & larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    odontoceridae   Marilia flexuosa   Mortarjoint Casemaker Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Unknown sp.   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Unknown sp.   Cellar Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula