It was extremely hot and humid as sixteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. Though completely harmless, adult Texas Bow-legged Bugs evade predators by resembling wasps, while their nymphs are convincing ant mimics. Both are shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by George Ward Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Michael Knox Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's roadside-skipper) photo by Linda Crabtree Eumorpha vitis (vine sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Amphion floridensis (nessus sphinx) photo by Dave Christie Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee: worker & drone) photo by David Cook Polistes bellicosus (paper wasp) photo by Linda Crabtree Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Beth Kirkhart Polistes rubiginosus (red paper wasp) photo by Michael Knox Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug, teneral) photo by Dave Christie Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Dave Christie Micrathyria hagenii (thornbush dasher) photo by Beth Kirkhart Anax junius (common green darner: male & female) photo by Beth Kirkhart & George Ward Habronattus fallax (jumping spider, male) photo by Oscar Vaz Habronattus cognatus (jumping spider, male) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Oxyopes acleistus (lynx spider, male) photo by Brenda Barth Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx, female) photo by Oscar Vaz Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail larva) photo by Dan Hardy Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak larva) photo by Val Bugh Passerina ciris & Unknown sp. (painted buntings squabbling over grasshopper) photo by George Ward Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), feather 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) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) 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 & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.), dormant Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Anthanassa texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing (adult & larva)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (adult & larva)       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginia Tiger Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    sphingidae   Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx       Amphion floridensis   Nessus Sphinx    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Eumacrodes yponomeutaria   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Myelopsis minutulella   Moth       Ancylosis balconiensis   Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Blastobasis taurusella   Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Anteotricha Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth       Aetole bella   Moth    schreckensteiniidae   Schreckensteinia erythriella   Bristle-legged Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Siskiwitia sp.   Moth       Melanocinclis lineigera   Moth       Triclonella new sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth    tineidae   Xystrologa new sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Syphrea nana   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Unknown sp.   Flea Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus lacustris   Metallic Woodborer    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    carabidae   Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Monocrepidius bellus   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    scirtidae   Scirtes orbiculatus   Marsh Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle       Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (eggs)       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris mcivor   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Diaditus tejanus   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug (nymph)       Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus ovatus   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    delphacidae   Stenocranus dorsalis   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Unknown sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Stenodynerus microstictus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus foraminatus   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Forelius mccooki   Ant    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Toxophora amphitea   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus longicornis   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    cecidomyiidae   Pilodiplosis helianthibulla   Gall Midge (gall)    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Micrathyria hagenii   Thornbush Dasher       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia cincticollis   African Earwig blattodea   ectobiidae   Blattella vaga   Field Cockroach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    mantispidae   Dicromantispa interrupta   Mantisfly    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly ephemeroptera   ephemeridae   Hexagenia bilineata   Burrowing Mayfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus texanus   Texas Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Habronattus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Sarinda hentzi   Antmimic Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    anyphaenidae   Wulfila tantillus   Ghost Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    theridiidae   Unknown sp.   Cobweb Weaver    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    pholcidae   Smeringopus natalensis   Natal Cellar Spider    sicariidae   Loxosceles reclusa   Brown Recluse