It was very hot and mostly sunny as nineteen participants contributed to this week's survey. Most ant species have lost the trait of creating a silk shelter in which to pupate. Carpenter ants however still make papery cocoons. Adult workers, naked larvae and enclosed pupae are shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard, immature) photo by David Cook Unknown sp. (green lacewing larva carrying debris) photo by Mika Geiger Unknown sp. (green lacewing egg shells & hatchling) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus festinatus (carpenter ant nest) photo by George Ward Chelinidea vittiger & Chelinidea tabulata (opuntia bug nymphs) photo by Mika Geiger Spharagemon cristatum & Arphia simplex (ridgeback grasshopper & plains yellow-winged grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Hoplitimyia mutabilis (soldier fly) photo by Mika Geiger Bicyrtes ventralis (sand wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Hyptia sp. (ensign wasp) photo by Val Bugh Chondestes grammacus (lark sparrow) photo by George Ward Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal molting) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hydrophilus triangularis (water scavenger beetle) photo by Michael Knox Eleodes goryi (desert stink beetles mating) photo by Michael Knox Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur larva) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia & Pareuchaetes insulata (variegated fritillary & yellow-winged pareuchaetes larvae) photo by Harriett Wolf & Michael Knox Argyrodes elevatus (silver dewdrop spider) photo by Julie Shaw Phidippus audax, Unknown sp. & Oebalus pugnax (bold jumper & freeloader fly eating rice stink bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Peucetia viridans & Strymon melinus (green lynx eating gray hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Stagmomantis carolina & Strymon melinus (Carolina mantis nymph eating gray hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Danaus gilippus (queen, male) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) 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) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartrania longicauda) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) 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), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: 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.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult, larva & egg)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black 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 sp.   Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Idaea furciferata   Notch-winged Wave    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Zamagiria australella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    momphidae   Mompha eloisella   Red-streaked Mompha Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia triadicae   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Teladoma sp.   Moth       Melanocinclis lineigera   Moth       Siskiwitia sp.   Moth    tineidae   Diachorisia velatella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Disonycha arizonae   Flea Beetle       Epitrix fasciata   Southern Tobacco Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    hydrophilidae   Hydrophilus triangularis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Lobrathium sp.   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Trogoxylon sp.   Powder-post Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    anthicidae   Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    elateridae   Glyphonyx sp.   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    berytidae   Metacanthus multispinus   Stilt Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia mulsanti   Water Treader    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Unknown sp.   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Hamana manifesta   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Daltonia sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus superbus   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    delphacidae   Metadelphax propinquas   Planthopper       Pissonotus piceus   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    achilidae   Opsiplanon luella   Planthopper    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leafcutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp       Bicyrtes ventralis   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex pensylvanicus   Great Black Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp       Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    evaniidae   Hyptia sp.   Ensign Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly       Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    chironomidae   Ablabesmyia sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ishnura posita   Fragile Forktail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Phaedrotettix dumicola   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera velii   Prairie Walking Stick isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg & larva)    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Smicridea fasciatella   Netspinning Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly strepsiptera   stylopidae   Unknown sp.   Twisted-wing Parasite araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver