Twelve volunteers completed this week's survey under hot and mostly sunny conditions. Syrphidae is a large dipteran family with many species commonly called flower flies. Most are important pollinators and include a number of bee and wasp mimics, as shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Callophrys gryneus & Apis mellifera (juniper hairstreak & honey bee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Polistes rubiginosus (red wasp) photo by Michael Knox Polybiomyia schnablei (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Eristalis stipator (flower fly) photo by Deana Dossey Palpada vinetorum (flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Euaresta sp. (fruit fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Coelioxys sp. (parasitic leafcutter bee pair) photo by Katherine Daniels Anolis carolinensis & Archytas sp. (green anole eating tachinid fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Sphaenothecus bilineatus & Stenhomalus taiwanus (longhorn beetles) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Deana Dossey Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Katherine Daniels Peucetia viridans (green lynx females: before & after becoming gravid) photo by Beth Kirkhart & David Cook Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Michael Knox Vermivora ruficapilla (Nashville warbler) photo by Beth Kirkhart Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by David Cook Spragueia jaguaralis & Spragueia obatra (moths) photo by Val Bugh Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Oncometopia orbona (leafhopper) photo by Julie Shaw Dictyonissus griphus (planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Oncopeltus sexmaculatus (six-spotted milkweed bug nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Slender Springtail (Seira sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Amblyscirtes nysa   Nysa Roadside-skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Paraeschra georgica   Georgian Prominent       Datana integerrima   Walnut Caterpillar Moth    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva)    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Lamprosema victoriae   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (larva)       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Suleima baracana   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Helcystogramma melantherella   Moth       Chionodes phalacra   Moth       Numata bipunctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    gracillariidae   Caloptilia triadicae   Moth       Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    tischeriidae   Unknown sp.   Trumpet Leafminer Moth    tineidae   Nemapogon sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Epitrix fasciata   Southern Tobacco Flea Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    cerambycidae   Enaphalodes rufulus   Red Oak Borer       Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle       Stenhomalus taiwanus   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Amara sp.   Seed-eating Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta temexa   Blister Beetle       Epicauta nigritarsis   Blister Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chelinidae tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Oncopeltus sexmaculatus   Six-spotted Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Metacanthus multispinus   Stilt Bug    miridae   Eustictus claripennis   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    delphacidae   Tagosodes orizicolus   Rice Delphacid       Sogatella sp.   Planthopper       Megamelus davisi   Common Waterlily Planthopper (adult & nymph)    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    fulgoridae   Unknown sp.   Planthopper (nymph)    coccidae   Parthenolecanium sp.   Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern 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    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Megachile policaris   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leafcutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Moth       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    thynnidae   Myzinum quinquecinctum   Five-banded Thynnid Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Polybiomyia schnablei   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    tachinidae   Gymnoclytia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Gonia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Pelastoneurus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    tephritidae   Euaresta sp.   Fruit Fly    drosophilidae   Rhinoleucophenga americana   Vinegar Fly    lauxaniidae   Poecilominettia valida   Lauxaniid Fly    chironomidae   Ablabesmyia sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner zygentoma   nicoletiidae   Battigrassiella wheeleri   Silverfish araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver