Fourteen volunteers endured a very hot and humid morning to conduct this week's survey. The grasshopper eating a beautyberry shown below manipulates its meal not only with its front legs but two pairs of palps as well. These tiny appendages are located to the sides of an insect's mandibles and are especially well-developed in the orthopteroid orders, such as crickets, roaches, mantises & walking sticks. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Geococcyx californianus & Rabidosa rabida (greater roadrunner with rabid wolf spider) photo by George Ward Passerina ciris (painted bunting, female) photo by George Ward Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Michael Knox Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Julie Shaw Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Harriett Wolf Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating crab spider) photo by Katherine Daniels Philodromus sp. (running crab spider) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Phidippus pius (jumping spider) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Bill Boyd Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper nymph) photo by Linda Crabtree Melanoplus femurrubrum (red-legged grasshopper nymph) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas short-winged grasshopper) photo by Linda Crabtree Xylocopa micans (southern carpenter bee, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Physocephala texana (thick-headed fly) photo by Julie Shaw Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur egg on partridge-pea) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by George Ward Ponometia candefacta (olive-shaded bird dropping moth) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Galgula partita (the wedgling) photo by Val Bugh Poecilia latipinna (sailfin molly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratu) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 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) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 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-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartrania longicauda) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) 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 Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Giant Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra heros) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia libedis   Bird Dropping Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Heterocampa astartoides   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Manduca quinquemaculata   Five-spotted Hawk Moth       Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Steniodes declivalis   Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth (larva)       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Ofatulena duodecemstriata   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    tineidae   Diachorisia velatella   Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Mimosestes amicus   Bean Weevil    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Bothrotes canaliculatus   Darkling Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus exiguus   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Enochrus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Discoderus sp.   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Heterothops sp.   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    limnichidae   Eulimnichus ater   Minute Marsh-loving Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Digitonthophagus gazella   Dung Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug       Gargaphia sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Diaditus sp.   Assassin Bug    nabidae   Nabis capsiformis   Damsel Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Limotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Daltonia sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis sp.   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper    flatidae   Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    delphacidae   Metadelphax propinquas   Planthopper       Pissonotus piceus   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Megachile fortis   Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Dielis plumipes   Scoliid Wasp       Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp       Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly       Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus albifacies   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly    tachinidae   Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Gymnoclytia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    conopidae   Physocephala texana   Thick-headed Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    ephydridae   Athyroglossa glaphyropus   Shore Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    agromyzidae   Calycomyza sp.   Leafminer Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ishnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus tuberculatus   Quanah Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Phaedrotettix dumicola   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta fulvescens   Fulvous Wood Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Ceraeochrysa valida/cubana   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    myrmeleontidae   Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner strepsiptera   stylopidae   Unknown sp.   Twisted-wing Parasite araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus pius   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Colonus hesperus   Jumping Spider       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Runnimg Crab Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider