A warm, foggy and overcast morning cleared as twenty-one volunteers completed this week's survey. We witnessed a number of paired carpenter ants interacting face to face, as shown below. They were performing an activity called trophallaxis: the exchange of fluids that are stored in a forager's crop to later be shared with other members of the colony. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx) photo by Katherine Daniels Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis) photo by Val Bugh Phyllodesma americana (lappet moth) photo by Val Bugh Burnsius communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper puddling) photo by Beth Kirkhart Vanessa virginiensis & Libytheana carinenta (American lady & female American snout) photo by Katherine Daniels Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary) photo by Harriett Wolf Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail, red form female) photo by Beth Kirkhart Lestes australis (southern spreadwings: male & female) photo by Deana Dossey Schizocosa sp. & Gladicosa pulchra (wolf spiders) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Habronattus cognatus (jumping spider) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Asphaera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Michael Knox Amara sp. (seed-eating ground beetle) photo by Yvonne Karnath Armadillidium vulgare (pillbugs mating) photo by Joe Fernandes Camponotus texanus (carpenter ants engaged in trophallaxis) photo by Val Bugh Brachygastra mellifica (Mexican honey wasp) photo by Yvonne Karnath Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Tenuirostritermes cinereus (nasute termites: queen, worker adults & nymphs, & soldiers) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American Wigeon (Mareca americana) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis), scent Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Polydesmid Millipede (Eurymerodesmus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Agrotis ipsilon   Ipsilon Dart       Orthosia annulimacula   Moth       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Condica sutor   The Cobbler       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    lasiocampidae   Phyllodesma americana   Lappet Moth    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Caripeta triangulata   Moth       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Paleacrita vernata   Spring Cankerworm Moth       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Lobocleta plemyraria   Straight-lined Wave       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Diacme adipaloides   Darker Diacme Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Scale-feeding Snout Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Rhopobota dietziana   Moth       Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis comparanda   Moth       Friseria cockerelli   Mesquite Webworm Moth       Mesophleps adustipennis   Soybean Webworm Moth       Telphusa perspicua   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth       Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth       Argyresthia alternatella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix pulchrimella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Anelaphus villosus   Twig Pruner    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Amara sp.   Seed-eating Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Unknown sp.   Termitophile Rove Beetle    curculionidae   Hypera postica   Alfalfa Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Phymata sp.   Ambush Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Unknown sp.   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid       Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Tetraneura sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant (alate)       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant    cynipidae   Odontocynips nebulosa   Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Netelia sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus texensis   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    chironomidae   Tanypus sp.   Midge odonata   aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Trimerotropis sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph) isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes cinereus   Nasute Termite       Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Eremochrysa punctinervis   Green Lacewing araneae   oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    salticidae   Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Leucauge argyrobapta   Orchard Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Gladicosa pulchra   Wolf Spider    filistatidae   Kukulcania hibernalis   Southern House Spider