A team of sixteen participated in this week's survey under mostly sunny and warm conditions. Additional sightings were provided by the monthly birding group. Blue Mud Daubers, shown below, often usurp the carefully constructed mud tube nests of Black-and-yellow Mud Daubers (Sceliphron caementarium). They remove any paralyzed spiders and wasp larvae, insert their own prey and eggs, and plaster the nest over with a new, sloppier, mud coating. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum) photo by Beth Kirkhart Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer) photo by Linda Crabtree Argia funebris & Argia translata (springwater & dusky dancers) photo by Julie Shaw Hypocritanus fascipennis (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Dyscrasis hendeli (picture-winged fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Chalybion zimmermanni & Chalybion californicum (blue mud daubers) photo by Val Bugh Glossonotus acuminatus (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Tortistilus inermis (treehoppers: color variations) photo by Val Bugh Nemognatha sp. (blister beetles) photo by Katherine Daniels Typocerus sinuatus (flower longhorn) photo by Michael Knox Phyllophaga lanceolata (June beetle) photo by Katherine Daniels Acmaeodera neglecta & Anthonomus fulvus (metallic woodborer & weevil) photo by Joe Fernandes Pimaphera sparsaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia semiflava (half-yellow) photo by Michael Knox Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by George Ward Passerina amoena (lazuli bunting) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dendroica petechia (yellow warbler) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) photo by Annelia Williams Cyanocitta cristata (blue jay) photo by Beth Kirkhart Euglandina singleyana (striate wolf snail) 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) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 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) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) Waterthrush (Parkesia sp.) Western Cattle-egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) 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 Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Anthanassa texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Marimatha nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Cosmia calami   American Dun-bar Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Dypterygia patina   Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria       Eubolina impartialis   Moth    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Nemoria zygotaria   Emeralid       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferanus   Oak Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia delliella   Ladder-backed Ethmia    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth       Parornix sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Metrioidea varicornis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn       Smodicum cucujiforme   Flat Oak Borer       Mecas cineracea   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus dimissus   Firefly    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    nitidulidae   Colopterus maculatus   Sap Beetle    cryptophagidae   Cryptophagus sp.   Silken Fungus Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Phyllophaga lanceolata   June Beetle       Rhyssemus sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Lygaeospilus tripunctatus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (nymph)       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug       Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug       Lopidea confluenta   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug       Tylospilus acutissimus   Predatory Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    psyllidae   Heteropsylla texana   Mesquite Psyllid    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper    flatidae   Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper       Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper       Glossonotus acuminatus   Treehopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp       Stenodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Cerceris sp.   Wasp       Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant (alate)    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus texensis   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    tenthredinidae   Pseudosiobla excavata   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Laphria macquarti   Robber Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly    anthomyiidae   Anthomyia illocata   Root Maggot Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia cuprina   Bronze Bottle Fly    ulidiidae   Dyscrasis hendeli   Picture-winged Fly    sciomyzidae   Dictya sp.   Marsh Fly    ephydridae   Notifila pulchrifrons   Shore Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Erioptera sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher (adult & naiad)       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp,   Field Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina mantis (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips    aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    linyphiidae   Unknown sp.   Dwarf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider