Sixteen volunteers completed this week's survey as a cool morning quickly turned hot and sunny. The Cactus Plant Bug shown below used to be very numerous in our area and easy to find on Prickly Pear, until the hard freeze in 2020. We didn't see it again until 2024 and it is still quite uncommon. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Centruroides vittatus, Leptus sp. & Gryllus sp. (striped bark scorpion with mites, eating field cricket) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax & Spodoptera ornithogalli (bold jumper eating yellow-striped armyworm) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Misumessus lappi (crab spider) photo by Linda Crabtree Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's hawk, immature) photo by George Ward Caracara plancus (crested caracara) photo by Beth Kirkhart Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Bombus sonorus & Bombus pensylvanicus (Sonoran & American bumble bees) photo by David Cook Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Mika Geiger Dianthidium sp. (resin bee) photo by Mika Geiger Poecilognathus sp. (bee fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Holochroa dissociarius (moth) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth with eggs) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Cisthene tenuifascia (thin-banded lichen moth) photo by Linda Crabtree Wallengrenia otho (southern broken-dash) photo by Michael Knox Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by Brenda Barth Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Orphulella speciosa (pasture grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Syrbula montezuma (Montezuma's grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Sceloporus olivaceus & Melanoplus ponderosus (Texas spiny lizard eating ponderous grasshopper) photo by David Cook Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Julie Shaw Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Nastra julia   Julia's 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   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (adult & larva)       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & eggs)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Eumorpha fasciatus   Banded Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Lamprosema victoriae   Moth       Diacme elealis   Paler Diacme Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Bandera binotella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Cacotherapia flexilinealis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Blastobasis taurusella   Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Teladoma sp.   Moth       Cosmopterix callichalca   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella apicialbella   Pygmy Moth    tineidae   Xystrologa new sp.   Moth       Nemapogon sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Longitarsus sp.   Flea Beetle       Deloyala guttata   Tortoise Beetle (adult & pupa)       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Enaphalodes atomarius   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Bembidion rapidum   Ground Beetle       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle       Harpalus sp.   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle    dytiscidae   Laccophilus maculosus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    laemophloeidae   Cryptolestes sp.   Lined Flat Bark Beetle    melyridae   Unknown sp.   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    elateridae   Glyphonyx sp.   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle       Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva)    phalacridae   Neolitochrus puchellus   Shining Flower Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Baris sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug       Metacanthus multispinus   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Gargaphia iridescens   Lace Bug (adult & nymph)       Unknown sp.   Lace Bug (nymph)    miridae   Halticotoma nicholi   Nolina Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult, nymph & eggs)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug (nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Hamana manifesta   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Mendozellus laredanus   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Protalebrella conica   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosa   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    delphacidae   Megamelus davisi   Common Waterlily Planthopper       Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Pissonotus piceus   Planthopper       Pissonotus sp.   Planthopper       Javesella sp.   Planthopper       Delphacodes sp.   Planthopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    flatidae   Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Mining Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlora pura   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leafcutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Sphenometopa sp.   Satellite Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Paradidyma singularis   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Ishnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Melanoplus tuberculatus   Quanah Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlorao nivea   Green Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus texanus   Texas Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Metacyrba taeniola   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider