It was once again hot and sunny as fifteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Some bumble bees recently seen in the gardens have a fluorescent orange mark on their thorax, as shown below. This was applied by researchers to indicate which individuals have had their DNA sampled. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by George Ward Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by George Ward Tramea darwini (striped saddlebags) photo by David Cook Dythemis fugax (checkered setwing) photo by David Cook Micrathyria hagenii (thornbush dasher, male) photo by Rob Gonzalez Micrathyria hagenii (thornbush dancer, female) photo by Katherine Daniels Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher, female) photo by Michael Knox Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher, male obelisking) photo by George Ward Dianthidium sp. (resin bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee) photo by David Cook Peucetia viridans & Bombus pensylvanicus (green lynx eating American bumble bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Anelosimus studiosus (social cobweb weaver) photo by Deana Dossey Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by George Ward Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider egg sac) photo by Dave Christie Spragueia magnifica, Spragueia guttata & Spragueia obatra (moths) photo by Val Bugh, Dave Christie & Val Bugh Metatrichia bulbosa (window fly) photo by Dave Christie Palpada mexicana (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Arilus cristatus (wheel bug) photo by Deana Dossey Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Deana Dossey Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Empidonax minimus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Oriole (Icterus sp.) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Reptiles & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) 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       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       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       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spragueia magnifica   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Ozarba catilina   Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Bleptina inferior   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Euerythra trimaculata   Three-spotted Specter       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Hyparpax aurostriata   Prominent       Paraeschra georgica   Georgian Prominent    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   five-lined Glena       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Dicymolomia grisea   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Pococera maritimalis   Moth       Pococera speciosella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Honora mellinella   Moth       Bandera binotella   Moth       Macalla zelleri   Zeller's Macalla       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Chionodes mariona   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    heliozelidae   Aspilanta sp.   Shield-bearing Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth       Unknown sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Glyptina sp.   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis spumarius   Leaf Beetle       Unknown sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Enaphalodes rufulus   Red Oak Borer       Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle       Glyptotus cribratus   Darkling Beetle       Lobopoda sp.   Comb-clawed Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    passandridae   Catogenus rufus   Parasitic Flat Bark Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus bilineatus   Burrowing Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Protalebrella conica   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus clarus   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    achilidae   Opsiplanon luella   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper       Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper       Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper (nymph)    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Ancyloscelis apiformis   Crooked-legged Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp       Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber    chrysididae   Unknown sp.   Cuckoo Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant       Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Palpada mexicana   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    ulidiidae   Chaetopsis sp.   Picture-winged Fly    scenopinidae   Metatrichia bulbosa   Window Fly    ceratopogonidae   Dasyhelea sp.   Biting Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia sedula   Blue-ringed Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Micrathyria hagenii   Thornbush Dasher       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea darwini   Striped Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Pantala sp.   Glider    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Nebulatettix subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa celer   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider       Anelosimus studiosus   Social Cobweb Weaver    gnaphosidae   Micaria sp.   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Allocosa sp.   Wolf Spider