It was warm and sunny as nineteen volunteers completed this week's survey. The ant shown below on a Reakirt's Blue caterpillar is obtaining honeydew from one of a pair of dorsal nectary glands located on the larva's seventh abdominal segment. At the same time, a pair of yellow pimple-like tentacle organs are everted on the eighth segment. There are conflicting theories as to their actual function. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Obolopteryx catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, male) photo by Julie Shaw Chlorochroa ligata (conchuela) photo by Joe Fernandes Hippodamia convergens (convergent lady beetles mating) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Pelidnota punctata (grapevine beetle) photo by Val Bugh Nemognatha sp. (blister beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, immature) photo by Dave Christie Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Hemiargus isola & Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Reakirt's blue larva & rover ant) photo by David Cook Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher obelisking) photo by Joe Fernandes Allograpta obliqua (flower fly) photo by Michael Knox Allograpta exotica (flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Nemotelus kansensis (soldier fly: male & female) photo by Katherine Daniels & Mika Geiger Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by David Cook Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Yvonne Karnath Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Satyrium favonius (oak hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Anthophora californica (digger bee) photo by Mika Geiger Protandrena new sp. (mining bee) photo by Mika Geiger Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Bill Boyd Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo) photo by Yvonne Karnath Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) 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) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Western Cattle-egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Misc.: Pollen Mite (Balaustium sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Anthanassa texana   Texan Crescent       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Catocala amica   Girlfriend Underwing       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Euacidalia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Goya new sp.   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Ephestiodes infimella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Pelochrista salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Rhopobota finitimana   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    momphidae   Mompha albocapitella   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (larva)    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    gracillariidae   Parectopa bumeliella   Moth       Cameraria sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Phyllotreta sp.   Flea Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    hydrophilidae   Berosus exiguus   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus miles   Water Scavenger Beetle    carabidae   Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Bradycellus tantillus   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Heterothops sp.   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    anthicidae   Acanthinus argentinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle       Diclidia laetula   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    nitidulidae   Omosita nearctica   Sap Beetle    dermestidae   Orphilus ater   Dermestid Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Oxacis trirossi   False Blister Beetle    laemophloeidae   Laemophloeus terminalis   Lined Flat Bark Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Pelidnota punctata   Grapevine Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil       Smicronyx lineolatus   Weevil       Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Lidopus heidemanni   Jumping Tree Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis peneoculata   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Fowlerium acutum   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper       Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper       Heliria cristata   Treehopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Macrosiphum gaurae   Beeblossom Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena new sp.   Mining Bee       Protandrena sp.   Mining Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus ligatus   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Osmia subfasciata   Mason Bee       Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant (male)       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Allograpta exotica   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Villa sp.   Bee Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Signal Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus kansensis   Soldier Fly       Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    limoniidae   Gonomyia alexanderi   Crane Fly       Unknown sp.   Crane Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge       Unknown sp.   Wood Midge    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga tonkawa   Sand Roach neuroptera   coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing    chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (larva)       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & eggs) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Nectopsyche sp.   White Miller    hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes sp.   Lynx Spider       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver