It was warm and partly cloudy as a team of fifteen completed this week's survey. Larvae of the Carpenterworm Moth shown below bore into hardwood trees, eating wood for one or two years before maturing. Adults are rarely seen as they are nocturnal and, lacking functional mouthparts for feeding, live only a short time. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cathartes aura (turkey vulture) photo by George Ward Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Joe Fernandes Fowlerium acutum (issid planthopper) photo by Dave Christie Heliria cristata (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Oecleus sp. (cixiid planthopper) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Aphis nerii (oleander aphids) photo by Val Bugh Pulvinaria sp. & Crematogaster laeviuscula (cottony scale & acrobat ant) photo by Deana Dossey Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Caroline Carter Trichiotinus texanus (Texas flower scarab) photo by Julie Shaw Acmaeodera ornatoides (metallic woodborer) photo by Joe Fernandes Nicentrus decipiens (weevils mating) photo by Julie Shaw Nemognatha sp. (blister beetle) photo by Dave Christie Unknown sp. & Typocerus sinuatus (thrips & flower longhorn) photo by Caroline Carter Micrurus tener (Texas coral snake) photo by Michael Knox Prionoxystus robiniae (carpenterworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Bill Boyd Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by Joe Fernandes Taylorilygus apicalis (plant bug) photo by Deana Dossey Apiomerus spissipes & Apiomerus longispinis (bee assassins with prey) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Tenuirostritermes cinereus (nasute termite soldiers) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Slender Springtail (Entomobrya atrocincta) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha dividua   Moth       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithocodia       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Tripudia flavofasciata-complex   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Spilosoma dubia   Dubious Tiger Moth (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Iridopsis gemella   Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave    limacodidae   Apoda rectilinea   Slug Moth    thyrididae   Meskea dyspteraria   Window-winged Moth (gall)    cossidae   Prionoxystus robiniae   Carpenterworm Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Rhopobota finitimana   Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Rudenia leguminana   Black-tipped Rudenia       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth       Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Xenolechia ontariensis   Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Antaeotricha leucillana   Bird Dropping Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Landryia sp.   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix pulchrimella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    gracillariidae   Marmara sp.   Moth       Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth       Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Zelleria ochroplagiata   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Diabrotica longicornis   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Lema trivittata   Leaf Beetle       Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle       Anomoea laticlavia   Clay-colored Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Kuschelina petaurista   Flea Beetle       Exema dispar   Warty Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (exuviae)       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sternidius mimeticus   Longhorn Beetle       Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    heteroceridae   Heterocerus texanus   Variegated Mud-loving Beetle    carabidae   Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Axinopalpus fusciceps   Ground Beetle    zopheridae   Eucicones marginalis   Cylindrical Bark Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle       Epicauta nigritarsis   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    melyridae   Attalus nigripes   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle       Diclidia laetula   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle       Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva)    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil       Nicentrus decipiens   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Xyonysius californicus   Seed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Eurychilopterella brunneata   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Atractotomus sp.   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris nebulosus   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus modestus   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Apiomerus longispinis   Bee Assassin       Rasahus hamatus   Assassin Bug    thyreocoridae   Corimelaena sp.   Ebony Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug (nymph)       Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Bonneyana sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Fowlerium acutum   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper       Heliria cristata   Treehopper       Unknown sp.   Planthopper (nymph)    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    coccidae   Pulvinaria sp.   Cottony Scale    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Mining Bee    megachilidae   Megachile policaris   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Osmia sp.   Mason Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber    vespidae   Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Pseudomasaris texanus   Pollen Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Monomorium minimum   Little Black Ant       Labidus coecus   Army Ant (male)    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    dryinidae   Dryinus sp.   Pincer Wasp       Unknown sp.   Pincer Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus texensis   Ichneumon    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva)       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Scleropogon texanus   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Paraclius pumilio   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Gymnoclytia unicolor   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    tephritidae   Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes cinereus   Nasute Termite phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysopa quadripunctata   Four-spotted Green Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis cinerascens   Long-horned Caddisfly       Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus sp.   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Mangora sp.   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider