Conditions were hot and sunny as a team of fifteen conducted this week's survey. Many of our native bee species are surprisingly tiny. The trio representing three different families shown below are among the smallest, measuring less than 5 mm in length. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Agapostemon sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Mika Geiger Ceratina sp., Perdita sp. & Lasioglossum sp. (small carpenter bee, fairy bee & sweat bee) photo by Mika Geiger & Linda Crabtree (last 2) Sceliphron caementarium (yellow-and-black mud dauber) photo by David Cook Neivamyrmex swainsonii (common army ant male "sausage fly") photo by Val Bugh Efferia sp. & Hadrokolos texanus (robber flies) photo by Mika Geiger & Joe Fernandes Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Mika Geiger Hypocritanus fascipennis (flower fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Erythrodiplax umbrata (band-winged dragonlet) photo by Mika Geiger Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Deana Dossey Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Linda Crabtree Herichthys cyanoguttatus (Rio Grande cichlid) photo by Bill Boyd Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer fawn) photo by Beth Kirkhart Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by David Cook Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Michael Knox Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper) photo by Deana Dossey Mermiria bivittata (two-striped mermiria ovipositing) photo by Beth Kirkhart Conchylodes ovulalis (zebra conchylodes) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Joe Fernandes Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) photo by Michael Knox Chlaenius texanus (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh 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) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Cattle-egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis), scent Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpole Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.), larvae on damselfly Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Tripudia balteata   Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Marimatha nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Eubolina impartialis   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Euerythra trimaculata   Three-spotted Specter    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth    limacodidae   Lithacodes fasciola   Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Conchylodes ovulalis   Zebra Conchylodes       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Gypsonoma haimbachiana   Leafroller Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Rudenia leguminana   Black-tipped Rudenia       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Anacampsis follonella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Untomia albistrigella   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Stilbosis sp.   Moth       Periploca sp.   Moth       Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Longitarsus sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer       Eburia mutica   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    staphylinidae   Heterothops sp.   Rove Beetle       Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Tachys pallidus   Ground Beetle       Discoderus sp.   Ground Beetle       Chlaenius texanus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    hydrophilidae   Berosus miles   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus peregrinus   Water Scavenger Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Easter Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus sexmaculatus   Six-spotted Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    tingidae   Gargaphia sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Phytocoris breviusculus   Juniper Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug (nymph)    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Perdita sp.   Fairy Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Heriades sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Neivamyrmex swainsonii   Common Army Ant       Brachymyrmex depilis   Rover Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    eulophidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    dryinidae   Unknown sp.   Pincer Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Hadrokolos texanus   Robber Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia cuprina   Bronze Bottle Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    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 hastata   Citrine Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra obscura   Fingernet Caddisfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes apollo   Lynx Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider       Chrosiothes jocosus   Cobweb Weaver    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Hogna sp.   Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Unknown sp.   Cellar Spider