The weather was hot and partly sunny as a team of nineteen completed this week's survey. While all grasshoppers have strong rear legs and can jump to escape danger, not all adults can fly. Some species have short wings and a few have none at all, such as the flightless Paraidemona shown below. Compare that with the next photo of bird grasshoppers, so named for their tendency to use their huge wings to fly to tree branches when alarmed. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Rob Gonzalez Paraidemona sp. (spur-throated grasshopper) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Schistocerca lineata & Schistocerca americana (spotted & American bird grasshoppers) photo by Julie Shaw & Michael Knox Icteria virens (yellow-breasted chat) photo by Bill Boyd Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Beth Kirkhart Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by David Cook Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo at nest) photo by Beth Kirkhart Praticolella mexicana (paripatetic scrubsnail) photo by David Cook Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor) photo by Joe Fernandes Polygonia interrogationis (question mark) photo by Joe Fernandes Anaea andria (goatweed leafwing) photo by Joe Fernandes Mimoschinia rufofascialis (moth) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Amphion floridensis (nessus sphinx) photo by Mika Geiger Mydas clavatus (mydas fly) photo by Mika Geiger Hadrokolos texanus & Unknown sp. (robber fly eating whitefly) photo by Mika Geiger Largus sp. (largus bug nymphs: teneral & normal) photo by Vince VanderHeijden & Mika Geiger Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle: adult & larva) photo by Val Bugh Flohria subcoerulea (rove beetle) photo by Dave Christie Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by David Cook Zygoballus rufipes (hammer-jawed jumper, female) 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 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) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 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) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 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 Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Water Mite (Unknown sp.) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.), galls on Texas Persimmon Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Paripatetic Scrubsnail (Praticolella mexicana) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (adult & larva)       Celotes nessus   Common Streaky-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia exigua   Bird Dropping Moth (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis sp.   Moth (larva)       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Toxonprucha excavata   Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth       Amphion floridensis   Nessus Sphinx    cossidae   Fania nanus   Carpenterworm Moth    limacodidae   Lithacodes fasciola   Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle (larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth (adult & larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Fernaldella fimetaria   Green Broomweed Looper Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth (larva)       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth (larva)    schreckensteiniidae   Schreckensteinia erythriella   Bristle-legged Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Griburius rileyi   Leaf Beetle       Disonycha glabrata   Pigweed Flea Beetle       Leptinotarsa decemlineata   Colorado Potato Beetle (adult & larva)       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Stenelytrana gigas   Longhorn Beetle       Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer       Plectrodera scalator   Cottonwood Borer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Neobidessus pullus   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Celina sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Uvarus sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus peregrinus   Water Scavenger Beetle    elateridae   Dipropus simplex   Click Beetle    laemophloeidae   Laemophloeus biguttatus   Lined Flat Bark Beetle    staphylinidae   Heterothops sp.   Rove Beetle       Paederus sp.   Rove Beetle       Flohria subcoerulea   Rove Beetle    phalacridae   Phalacrus sp.   Shining Flower Beetle    meloidae   Unknown sp.   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle       Digitonthophagus gazella   Dung Beetle       Gymnetis thula   Harlequin Flower Beetle    curculionidae   Odontocorynus sp.   Weevil       Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    lygaeidae   Xyonysius californicus   Seed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Unknown sp.   Seed Bug (nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Engytatus modestus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Fulvius imbecilis   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug       Clivinema sp.   Plant Bug       Ceratocapsus apicalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug       Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Thyanta maculata   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Ollarianus strictus   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       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus ovatus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    aleyrodidae   Unknown sp.   Whitefly    aphididae   Uroleucon verbesinae   Bicolored Frostweed 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    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leafcutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Leptogenys elongatus   Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Neivamyrmex swainsonii   Common Army Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    eulophidae   Euplectrus sp.   Wasp (eggs)    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Pteromalid Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp (gall)    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (pupa)    asilidae   Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Hadrokolos texanus   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia illucens   Black Soldier Fly    mydidae   Mydas clavatus   Mydas Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma disjuncta   Tachinid Fly       Zelia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Chrysomya rufifacies   Hairy Maggot Blow Fly       Lucilia cuprina   Bronze Bottle Fly    tephritidae   Dyseuaresta mexicana   Fruit Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    cecidomyiidae   Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (galls)       Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma basidens   Double-striped Bluet       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pantala sp.   Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper (nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (adult & nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket       Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & larva)    mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra obscura   Fingernet Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Smicridea fasciatella   Netspinning Caddisfly    glossosomatidae   Unknown sp.   Saddle Case-maker Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Zygoballus rufipes   Hammer-jawed Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Phlegra hentzi   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider