It was very hot and mostly sunny as twenty-one volunteers participated in this week's survey. As shown below in two images, some planthoppers produce waxy filaments from anal glands. These serve multiple purposes that can include stabilizing a nymph that jumps, providing camouflage, waterproofing, and directly protecting the insect from predators, parasitoids and pathogens. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Gargaphia sp. (lace bugs) photo by Linda Crabtree Jalysus wickhami (stilt bug) photo by Rob Gonzalez Mozena lunata (mesquite bug nymph & hatchling) photo by Dave Christie & Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard, juvenile) photo by David Cook Geococcyx californianus & Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (greater roadrunner with Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal, molting) photo by George Ward Acanalonia parva (planthopper nymph) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Oecleus sp. (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Phylloscelis atra (black leaf-leg) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Oncometopia orbona (leafhopper) photo by Deana Dossey Vanduzea segmentata (treehopper) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Hoplitimyia mutabilis (soldier fly) photo by George Ward Systoechus sp. (bee fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer) photo by Deana Dossey Argia sedula (blue-ringed dancer) photo by Val Bugh Lestes sigma (chalky spreadwing) photo by Dave Christie Stagmomantis carolina & Euphyes vestris (Carolina mantis eating dun skipper) photo by Linda Crabtree Argyrodes elevatus & Argiope aurantia (silver dewdrop spiders with black and yellow garden spider) photo by Michael Knox Neoscona crucifera & Orchelimum silvaticum (orbweaver eating long-spurred meadow katydid) photo by Rob Gonzalez Pelegrina galathea & Trupanea sp. (peppered jumper eating fruit fly) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Egret (Ardea alba) 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) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat & tracks Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Anthanassa texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-wing Owlet       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Hyparpax aurostriata   Prominent    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Dicymolomia grisea   Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Pococera speciosella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Moth       Ancylostomia stercorea   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Rhopobota finitimana   Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Stegasta capitella   Teaweed Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Friseria acaciella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Anteotricha Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Siskiwitia sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth    tineidae   Monopis crocicapitella   Bird Nest Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth       Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Longitarsus sp.   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Coscinoptera aeneipennis   Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus lacustris   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle       Micratopus sp.   Moth    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellina pustulata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    corylophidae   Clypastraea sp.   Minute Hooded Beetle    tenebrionidae   Glyptotus cribratus   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus   Cocklebur Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug       Tempyra biguttula   Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug       Zeridoneus knulli   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Gargaphia sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Phytocoris breviusculus   Juniper Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug       Eustictus claripennis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper    flatidae   Flatormenis saucia   Citrus Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper       Vanduzea segmentata   Treehopper    achilidae   Opsiplanon luella   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus ligatus   Furrow Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leafcutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus pedestris   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Forelius mccooki   Ant    eulophidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax sp.   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus longicornis   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Trupanea sp.   Fruit Fly    ulidiidae   Physiphora clausa   Picture-winged Fly    richardiidae   Sepsisoma sp.   Richardiid Fly    ceratopogonidae   Unknown sp.   Biting Midge    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Tanypus sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia sedula   Blue-ringed Dancer    lestidae   Lestes sigma   Chalky Spreadwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Erythemis vesiculosa   Great Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pantala sp.   Glider       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Hadrotettix trifasciatus   Three-banded Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea gracilipes   Thin-footed Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs)    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)       Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion    berothidae   Lomamyia flavicornis   Beaded Lacewing thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips ephemeroptera   baetidae   Unknown sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Colonus sp.   Jumping Spider       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa celer   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    gnaphosidae   Drassodes sp.   Ground Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver