After an intense thunderstorm at dawn, the weather was warm and cloudy as a dozen participants completed this week's survey. Paper wasps are social and create nests out of wood and other plant fibers while the solitary mason wasps work with mud, often just covering the opening to their nest hole. The different materials and methods are shown in a pair of images below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard with mouthful of termites) photo by Beth Kirkhart Reticulitermes sp. (subterranean termite alate) photo by Julie Shaw Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal eating termites) photo by Beth Kirkhart Bubo virginianus (very wet great horned owl) photo by Bill Boyd Solenopsis invicta (imported fire ant female alates) photo by Michael Knox Parazumia tolteca (mason wasps mating) photo by Beth Kirkhart Euodynerus fedoris (mason wasp covering nest & finished plug) photo by Val Bugh Polistes rubiginosus (red wasp gathering wood for nest building) photo by Ken Shaw Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Linda Crabtree Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee, male) photo by Michael Knox larvae: Spilosoma dubia (dubious tiger moth) Spilosoma virginica (Virginian tiger moth) Psaphida resumens (figure-eight sallow) Sympistis sorapis (moth) photo by Michael Knox, Val Bugh, Ken Shaw & Val Bugh Melanoplus flabellatus & Melanoplus plebejus (Dallas short-winged & plebeian grasshopper nymphs) photo by Julie Shaw & Val Bugh Scytodes atlacoya (spitting spider) photo by Val Bugh Polymerus basalis (plant bug nymph) photo by Linda Crabtree Thyanta custator (stink bug nymph & adult) photo by Dave Christie & Julie Shaw Cuerna costalis (leafhopper nymph molting) photo by Val Bugh Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Julie Shaw Dyseuaresta mexicana (fruit fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Languria mozardi (lizard beetle) photo by Linda Crabtree Haplorhynchites eximius (flower weevil) photo by Julie Shaw Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) Duck (Unknown sp.) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hawk (Buteo sp.) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) 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) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer) Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain (adult & larva)       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow (larva)       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithocodia       Sympistis sorapis   Moth (larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Bulia deducta   Moth       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Spilosoma dubia   Dubious Tiger Moth (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Paraeschra georgica   Georgian Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Hellula rogatalis   Cabbage Webworm Moth       Crambus agitatellus   Double-banded Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Bandera binotella   Moth       Myelopsis alatella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Macalla zelleri   Zeller's Macalla    tortricidae   Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia elegantella   Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth (adult & larva)    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)       Durrantia piperatella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Stilbosis sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    gracillariidae   Povolnya quercinigrella   Moth       Marmara sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia austerella   Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella resplendensella   Pygmy Moth       Zimmermannia bosquella   Pygmy Moth       Unknown sp.   Pygmy Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Coleothorpa axillaris   Leaf Beetle       Syphrea nana   Flea Beetle       Longitarsus sp.   Flea Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    dermestidae   Apsectus hispidus   Carpet Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    laemophloeidae   Laemophloeus apache   Lined Flat Bark Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Acupalpus testaceus   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Agonum punctiforme   Ground Beetle       Discoderus sp.   Ground Beetle    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle       Sparedrus aspersus   False Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria sepulcralis   Spangled Flower Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    ptinidae   Tricorynus sp.   Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordellistena sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordella atra   Tumbling Flower Beetle    melandryidae   Osphya varians   False Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Agriotes insanus   Click Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    tenebrionidae   Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites eximius   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctata   Cocklebur Weevil       Rhodobaenus quinquepunctata   Cocklebur Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Cimolus obscurus   Squash Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Xyonysius californicus   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris nebulosus   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Neocapsus imperialis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris mcivor   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Halticotoma nicholi   Nolina Plant Bug       Phoenicocoris claricornis   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus modestus   Plant Bug       Ceratocapsus apicalis   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Menecles insertus   Stink Bug       Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (eggs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (nymph)       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Norvellina seminuda   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Ponana sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Cyrtolobus nr. rufulus   Treehopper       Ophiderma flavicephala   Treehopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (nymph)    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla celtidisgemma   Hackberry Bud Gall Psyllid       Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    vespidae   Euodynerus fedoris   Mason Wasp       Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    crabronidae   Liris sp.   Cricket Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Labidus coecus   Army Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly       Cephalochrysa sp.   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    fanniidae   Fannia sp.   Fly    ephydridae   Notiphila sp.   Shore Fly    tephritidae   Dyseuaresta mexicana   Fruit Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    hybotidae   Platypalpus sp.   Hybotid Dance Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Tanypus neopunctipennis   Midge    tipulidae   Nephrotoma sp.   Tiger Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia nahuana   Aztec Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva)       Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste posticata   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Sarinda hentzi   Antmimic Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha elongata   Longjawed Orbweaver       Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    scytodidae   Scytodes atlacoya   Spitting Spider    euctenizidae   Eucteniza relata   Southwestern Trapdoor Spider