It was warm and mostly cloudy while twenty-one volunteers completed this week's survey. As the male carpenter bee courts a female in the image below, he carries evidence that he has also been nectaring on Antelope Horns blossoms: the tiny orange teardrop shaped objects on his front leg are the pollinia (pollen sacs) of the milkweed. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Bill Boyd Molothrus ater (brown-headed cowbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Zonotrichia leucophrys (white-crowned sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) photo by George Ward Phidippus audax (bold jumper, immature) photo by Michael Knox Tmarus sp. (crab spider) photo by Egidio Leitão Dolomedes triton (fishing spider) photo by Becky Roberts Euplectrus sp. & Psychomorpha epimenis (wasp larvae eating grapevine epimenis larva) photo by Mika Geiger Lactista azteca & Junonia coenia (Aztec bandwing nymph & common buckeye larva) photo by Linda Crabtree Oulema collaris (leaf beetles) photo by Mika Geiger Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug) photo by Justin Council Apiomerus spissipes & Oulema collaris (bee assassin eating leaf beetle) photo by Deana Dossey Apiomerus longispinis (bee assassin) photo by Justin Council Chrysis sp. (cuckoo wasp) photo by Mika Geiger Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee male & female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Poecilanthrax lucifer (bee fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dolba hyloeus (pawpaw sphinx) photo by David Cook Enallagma civile (familiar bluet, female) photo by Egidio Leitão Amblytropidia mysteca (brown winter grasshopper) photo by Deana Dossey 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-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 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) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 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 Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoleta lindheimeri) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Mite (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral (adult & larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger       Agrotis malefida   Rascal Dart       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (adult & larva)       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)       Cobubatha orthozona   Moth    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Ommatochila mundula   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia sp.   Moth (larva)       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray (larva)       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Lamprosema victoriae   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Myelopsis alatella   Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Numata bipunctella   Moth    thyrididae   Pseudothyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth (larva)    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth (adult & larva)    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm (pupa)    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    momphidae   Mompha albocapitella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix scirpicola   Moth       Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Marmara sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Sennius discolor   Bean Weevil       Unknown sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus celti   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Anelaphus pumilis   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Alobates pensylvanica   False Mealworm Beetle    cantharidae   Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle       Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle       Podabrus flavicollis   Soldier Beetle    carabidae   Carabus finitimus   Ground Beetle       Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Calosoma scrutator   Caterpillar Hunter       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus peregrinus   Water Scavenger Beetle       Hydrophilus triangularis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Coptotomus venustus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle       Attalus nigripes   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Lobrathium sp.   Rove Beetle       Tachyporus jocosus   Crab-like Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle       Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle       Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle       Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    oedemeridae   Sparedrus aspersus   False Blister Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta torsa   Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle       Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    ptinidae   Caenocara sp.   Puffball Beetle    anthribidae   Euparius marmoreus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Pterocolus ovatus   Thief Weevil    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil       Unknown sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug (nymph)       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Neocapsus cuneatus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris inops   Plant Bug       Phytocoris mcivor   Plant Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider (adult & nymph)    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Apiomerus longispinis   Bee Assassin       Melanolestes picipes   Black Corsair    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug       Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Menecles insertus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Agallia sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid       Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall    aleyrodidae   Unknown sp.   Whitefly    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger 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    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee       Osmia subfasciata   Mason Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Euodynerus foraminatus   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    chrysididae   Chrysis sp.   Cuckoo Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Labidus coecus   Army Ant (alate)    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    perilampidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    eulophidae   Euplectrus sp.   Wasp (larva & pupa)    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Euceros sp.   Ichneumon       Trogomorpha trogiformis   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Atanycolus sp.   Braconid Wasp       Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly (adult, larva & pupa) diptera   therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    bombyliidae   Anthrax sp.   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Scleropogon sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    muscidae   Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    ulidiidae   Pseudotephritina cribellum   Picture-winged Fly    tephritidae   Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly       Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    empididae   Rhamphomyia sp.   Dance Fly    pipunculidae   Unknown sp.   Big-headed Fly    pyrgotidae   Sphecomyiella valida   Pyrgotid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Procladius sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    culicidaee   Culex coronator   Mosquito    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia sedula   Blue-ringed Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter 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)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga tonkawa   Sand Roach isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasute Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg)    coniopterygidae   Neoconis marginata   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips    phlaeothripidae   Unknown sp.   Tube-tailed Thrips psocoptera   psocidae   Indiopsocus bisignatus   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Metacyrba taeniola   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    gnaphosidae   Sergiolus sp.   Ground Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Tmarus sp.   Crab Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Hogna antelucana   Wolf Spider