Thirteen volunteers participated in this week's survey under typical summer weather: hot and sunny. Male moths sometimes possess hair-pencils (specialized elongate scales) as shown below. When extended, they help disperse pheromones that attract females and may repel other males. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Scolopendra heros (giant red-headed centipede) photo by Linda Crabtree Augochlorella sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Mika Geiger Florilegus condignus (digger bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Megachile fortis (leafcutter bee) photo by Mika Geiger Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Linda Crabtree Peucetia viridans (green lynx) photo by David Cook Myiarchus cinerascens & Mermiria bivittata (ash-throated flycatcher with two-striped mermiria) photo by George Ward Myiarchus cinerascens (ash-throated flycatcher family) photo by Beth Kirkhart Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by George Ward Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Joe Fernandes Melipotis indomita (moth with extended hair-pencils) photo by Val Bugh Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer, doe & fawn) photo by Barbara Ribble Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick, female) photo by Julie Shaw Plathemis lydia (common whitetail, female) photo by Michael Knox Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher obelisking) photo by Katherine Daniels Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmers mating) photo by George Ward Bolbocerosoma pusillum (earth-boring scarab) photo by Val Bugh Odontocorynus calcarifer (weevil) photo by Katherine Daniels Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (cocklebur weevil) photo by Val Bugh Incilius nebulifer (gulf coast toad tadpole) photo by Beth Kirkhart 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-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-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), dead Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 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) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat 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) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpole Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Slender Springtail (Seira sp.) Giant Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra heros) House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) Milk Snail (Otala lactea), dormant Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia balteata   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Marimatha nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Owlet Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Elasmia sp.   Prominent    euteliidae   Paectes abrostolella   Moth    geometridae   Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Hypsopygia binodulalis   Pink-fringed Dolichomia       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Anacampsis follonella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Untomia albistrigella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia hodgesella   Ethmia Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    stathmopodidae   Stathmopoda sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth       Unknown sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (larva)       Chilocorus stigma   Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus macer   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer       Eburia mutica   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    staphylinidae   Heterothops sp.   Rove Beetle       Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Tachyura nebulosa   Ground Beetle    erotylidae   Pseudischyrus extricatus   Pleasing Fungus Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    geotrupidae   Bolbocerosoma pusillum   Earth-boring Scarab    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    curculionidae   Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus   Cocklebur Weevil       Odontocorynus calcarifer   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Easter Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia mulsanti   Water Treader    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (eggs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Agallia constricta   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Megamelus davisi   Common Waterlily Planthopper (adult & nymph)       Metadelphax propinqua   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper       Unknown sp.   Treehopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    aleyrodidae   Unknown sp.   Whitefly    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Florilegus condignus   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    mutillidae   Unknown sp.   Nocturnal Velvet Ant    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Neivamyrmex swainsonii   Common Army Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Anthrax pluto   Bee Fly       Anthrax larrea   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    milichiidae   Desmometopa sp.   Freeloader Fly    tephritidae   Euaresta sp.   Fruit Fly    ephydridae   Ephydra sp.   Shore Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge       Polystepha pilulae   Gall Midge (gall)    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Erythemis vesiculosa   Great Pondhawk       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus niveus   Narrow-winged Tree Cricket phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia sp.   Earwig (adult & eggs) isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasute Termite (worker & nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    berothidae   Lomamyia flavicornis   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly zygentoma   nicoletiidae   Battigrassiella wheeleri   Silverfish araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus hesperus   Jumping Spider       Colonus sp.   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Wulfila sp.   Ghost Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider