A team of twenty-five contributed to this week's survey under warm, sunny conditions. Some butterflies always perch with their wings in a closed position, which hides the upper surfaces from view. Dorsal colors are only visible when the insects fly, often too fast for our vision to grasp. Even familiar species might appear exotic when caught in the right position, as illustrated below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Lithobates berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Julie Shaw Conura sp. (chalcid wasp) photo by Mika Geiger Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bees: pollinating & nectar stealing) photo by Linda Crabtree & Yvonne Karnath Ceratina sp. (small carpenter bee) photo by Mika Geiger Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Mika Geiger Cheilosia sp. (flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Unknown sp. (snout mite) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Procyon lotor (baby northern raccoon skull) photo by Denise Marion Burnsius philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Joe Fernandes Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Mika Geiger Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by George Ward Zerene cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Harriett Wolf Zerene cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Katherine Daniels Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Katherine Daniels Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak eggs) photo by Dan Hardy Turdus migratorius (American robin) photo by Yvonne Karnath Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch) photo by Bill Boyd Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Dave Christie Bombycilla cedrorum (cedar waxwing) photo by Yvonne Karnath Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), skull Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Snout Mite (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak (adult & eggs)    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Acronicta tota   Dagger       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Leucania incognita   Moth       Psaphida rolandi   Roland's Sallow       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Agrotis malefida   Rascal Dart       Agrotis ipsilon   Ipsilon Dart       Orthosia annulimacula   Moth       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (eggs)    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    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       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Hellula rogatalis   Cabbage Webworm Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Scale-feeding Snout Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth    tortricidae   Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera hodsoni   Leafroller Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis comparanda   Moth       Telphusa longifasciella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth       Argyresthia alternatella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Hellinsia sp.   Plume Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Mastogenius sp.   Metallic Woodborer    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Lebia viridis   Ground Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle (larva)    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Hymenarcys nervosa   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper    aphididae   Tetraneura sp.   Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloroposis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   Liris partitus   Cricket Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    cynipidae   Odontocynips nebulosa   Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Helophilus fasciatus   Flower Fly       Cheilosia sp.   Flower Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Chrysomya megacephala   Oriental Latrine Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Siphona sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    chironomidae   Tanypus sp.   Midge       Procladius bellus   Midge       Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge       Chironomus sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Anaxipha sp.   Brown Trig (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) raphidioptera   raphidiidae   Agulla bicolor   Snakefly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Frankliniella sp.   Thrips araneae   oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    salticidae   Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (eggs)    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider