Thirteen volunteers endured a hot, humid and sunny day for this week's survey. As bees evolved from wasps, their grubs became vegetarian instead of feasting on other arthropods. The spider wasp shown below must hunt down prey for her young, while the carpenter and leaf-cutter bees provide pollen for theirs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Zelus tetracanthus & Unknown sp. (four-spined assassin bug eating beetle) photo by Katherine Daniels Tachypompilus ferrugineus & Phidippus audax (rusty spider wasp with paralyzed bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Dictyna sp. (meshweb weaver) photo by Jennifer Goff Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by George Ward Polioptila caerulea (blue-gray gnatcatcher) photo by Annelia Williams Trichopoda lanipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Stenodynerus histrionalis (mason wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Ceratina sp. (small carpenter bee) photo by Cyd Wehner Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Joe Fernandes Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (cotton flea hopper nymph) photo by Cyd Wehner Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug nymph) photo by Katherine Daniels Phymata sp. (ambush bug nymph) photo by Michael Knox Pediodectes haldemanii (Haldeman's shieldback) photo by George Ward Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper nymph) photo by Beth Kirkhart Melanoplus ponderosus & Melanoplus differentialis (ponderous & differential grasshopper nymphs) photo by Cyd Wehner & Beth Kirkhart Leptotes marina (marine blue ovipositing) photo by Joe Fernandes Bipalium kewense (hammerhead planarian) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) 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-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Coyote (Canis latrans) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Asian Jumping Worm (Amynthas agrestis) Hammerhead Planarian (Bipalium kewense) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia libedis   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Trichoplusia ni   Ni Moth (larva)       Schinia volupia   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Catocala similis   Similar Underwing       Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle (larva)       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    thyrididae   Thyris maculata   Spotted Thyris Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Loxostege allectalis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Agnippe evippeella   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Periploca sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Chrysomela texana   Leaf Beetle       Metrioidea varicornis   Leaf Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Mecas cineracea   Longhorn Beetle       Stenosphenus dolorosus   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Glyptotus cribratus   Darkling Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle       Androchirus sp.   Comb-clawed Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Anisodactylus sp.   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Acupalpus testaceus   Ground Beetle       Bradycellus festinans   Ground Beetle       Dyschirius sp.   Ground Beetle       Scarites sp.   Ground Beetle       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    corylophidae   Sericoderus sp.   Minute Hooded Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle       Ataenius sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    anthicidae   Vacusus confinis   Antlike Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    erotylidae   Pharaxonotha kirschii   Pleasing Fungus Beetle       Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Xyleborus celsus   Bark Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Merocoris distinctus   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug       Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Lopidea confluenta   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper (nymph)       Parthenicus sedumicola   Plant Bug       Phytocoris brevisculus   Plant Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Phymata sp.   Ambush Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper    issidae   Thiona elliptica   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Bothriocera knulli   Planthopper       Pintalia delicata   Planthopper    cicadidae   Neotibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Osmia subfasciata   Mason Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Stenodynerus histrionalis   Mason Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Tachytes distinctus   Digger Wasp       Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp       Bicyrtes ventralis   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp    formicidae   Colobopsis etiolata   Gate-keeper Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant       Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    ormyridae   Ormyrus sp.   Ormyrid Wasp    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Anthrax sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus kansensis   Soldier Fly       Unknown sp.   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus sp.   Horse Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Dactylomyia lateralis   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp,   Field Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus new sp.   Barklouse    lachesillidae   Lachesilla sp.   Barklouse trichoptera   hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly    glossosomatidae   Unknown sp.   Saddle Case-maker Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly       Ceraclea sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes sp.   Lynx Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    pisauridae   Pisaurina dubia   Nursery Web Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider