Sixteen volunteers participated in this week's survey under hot and mostly sunny conditions. Many sphinx moths are nocturnal or at least crepuscular (active at twilight), but the two species shown below are diurnal. Mimicking large bees affords them some protection from predators. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by David Cook Amphion floridensis (nessus sphinx) photo by Joe Fernandes Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Julia Kenny Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer) photo by Erik Loza Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo) photo by Bill Boyd Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snakes) photo by Katherine Daniels Enigmogramma basigera (pink-washed looper) photo by Michael Knox Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper) photo by Katherine Daniels Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Erik Loza Chlorion cyaneum (cockroach hunter) photo by Katherine Daniels Colpa octomaculata (scoliid wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Scolia nobilitata (scoliid wasp) photo by David Cook Heriades sp. (resin bee) photo by Julie Shaw Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Promachus hinei & Oncometopia orbona (robber fly eating leafhopper) photo by David Cook Xenox tigrinus (tiger bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver) photo by Erik Loza Neoscona oaxacensis (orbweaver) photo by Julie Shaw Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Michael Knox Unknown sp. (green lacewing eggs) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratu) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 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) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Cattle-egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Slender Springtail (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.), dormant Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Anthanassa texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth (larva)       Cobubatha dividua   Moth       Enigmogramma basigera   Pink-washed Looper (larva)    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Amphion floridensis   Nessus Sphinx       Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Fernaldella fimetaria   Green Broomweed Looper Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)    crambidae   Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Pelochrista salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Larisa subsolana   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    gracillariidae   Parornix sp.   Moth    tineidae   Diachorisia velatella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Griburius rileyi   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica longicornis   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus macer   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Lepturges angulatus   Longhorn Beetle       Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer       Plectrodera scalator   Cottonwood Borer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    zopheridae   Sesaspis emarginatus   Ironclad Beetle    elateridae   Aeolus scutellatus   Click Beetle       Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    carabidae   Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Aspidoglossa subangulata   Ground Beetle    anthicidae   Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle       Anomala insitiva   Shining Leaf Chafer    mordellidae   Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    erotylidae   Triplax frontalis   Pleasing Fungus Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Maemactes cribratus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug       Calotingis knighti   Lace Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper (nymph)    curaliidae   Curalium cronini   Bug    reduviidae   Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    caliscelidae   Bruchomorpha sp.   Piglet Bug    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes bimaculatus   Digger Bee       Nomada sp.   Cuckoo Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    scoliidae   Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp       Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Brachymyrmex depilis   Rover Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant    scelionidae   Unknown sp.   Scelionid Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Anthrax sp.   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Xenox tigrinus   Tiger Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    hippoboscidae   Lipoptena mazamae   Neotropical Deer Ked    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus exclamationis   Davis' Tree Cricket    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph)       Litaneutria minor   Ground Mantis blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach    blattidae   Periplaneta americana   American Cockroach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)    mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes sp.   Lynx Spider       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver