Seventeen volunteers contributed to this week's survey under hot, humid and partly sunny conditions. Although it is aquatic, the Red Swamp Crayfish shown below will take advantage of wet weather to travel over land in search of new habitat. Its ability to create a burrow to the water table allows it to thrive in relatively hot, dry conditions. This species is invasive in some parts of the U.S. as well as other continents, but it is native here. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Zelus tetracanthus & Nysius sp. (four-spined assassin bug eating false chinch bug) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Harmonia axyridis & Uroleucon verbesinae (multi-colored Asian lady beetle eating bicolored frostweed aphid) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Uroleucon verbesinae & Scymnus sp. (bicolored frostweed aphid & lady beetle larva) photo by Michael Knox Chlorion cyaneum & Arenivaga sp. (cockroach hunter with paralyzed female sand roach) photo by Linda Crabtree Cyphomyrmex rimosus (fungus growing ant, male) photo by Rob Gonzalez Rabidosa rabida & Unknown sp. (rabid wolf spider eating caterpillar) photo by David Cook Larinia directa (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa dubia (crab spider) photo by Katherine Daniels Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crayfish) photo by Martha Christie Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing) photo by Katherine Daniels Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent) photo by Joe Fernandes Phyciodes phaon (phaon crescent) photo by David Cook Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper) photo by Katherine Daniels Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth larva) photo by Dan Hardy Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor larva) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmers mating) photo by Beth Kirkhart Saropogon sp. (robber fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Bill Boyd Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren) photo by Beth Kirkhart 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) 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) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), wandering Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Water Mite (Unknown sp.) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Pond Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing (larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray 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       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Spodoptera eridania   Southern Armyworm Moth       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth       Leucania incognita   Moth       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva)    cossidae   Fania nanus   Carpenterworm Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (adult & larva)       Scopula limboundata   Large Lace-border       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Erastria decrepitaria   Moth       Protoproutia laredoata   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth (larva)       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Navel Orangeworm Moth       Macalla zelleri   Zeller's Macalla    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth       Monoceratuncus lantana   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth       Antaeotricha leucillana   Bird Dropping Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth       Elachista sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Teladoma sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    tineidea   Xystrologa new sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Lema trivittata   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Disonycha glabrata   Flea Beetle       Phyllotreta sp.   Flea Beetle       Leptinotarsa decemlineata   Colorado Potato Beetle (adult, larva & pupa)       Coscinoptera aeneipennis   Leaf Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Hyperaspis bigeminata   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Tetraopes texanus   Milkweed Longhorn    carabidae   Anisodactylus sp.   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Laccophilus maculosus   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Thermonectus nigrofasciatus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus miles   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Aeolus scutellatus   Click Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm    staphylinidae   Lobrathium sp.   Rove Beetle       Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellina pustulata   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordellistena sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    meloidae   Zonitis sp.   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Strongylium hemistriatum   Darkling Beetle       Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    trogidae   Omorgus suberosus   Hastate Hide Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    lycidae   Plateros coccinicollis   Net-winged Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle       Digitonthophagus gazella   Dung Beetle       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle       Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Cylindrocopturus sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (nymph)       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug       Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug       Gargaphia iridescens   Lace Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Engytatus modestus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Rasahus biguttatus   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Banasa dimiata   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus ovatus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper       Vanduzea segmentata   Treehopper       Micrutalis sp.   Treehopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra recurva   Planthopper    aphididae   Uroleucon verbesinae   Bicolored Frostweed Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Tachypompilus ferrugineus   Rusty Spider Wasp       Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant (alate)    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Triclistus sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly (adult & pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flowr Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    muscidae   Unknown sp.   Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tephritidae   Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly       Dyseuaresta mexicana   Fruit Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito       Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph)       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult, larva & eggs) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus sp.   Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver       Larinia directa   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa celer   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    gnaphosidae   Cesonia bilineata   Two-striped Ground Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider