A few clouds helped hold the temperature down as our four participants completed this week's survey. We usually see Texas Spiny Lizards climbing on trees or resting on rock walls. When it is time for a female to lay eggs, though, she must excavate a nest hole in the ground. The lizard pictured below was so busy digging in the picnic area located by the visitor parking that she did not even notice the approach of footsteps. When she did finally hear a noise, the lizard dashed to safety up a nearby oak. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat) photo by Harriett Wolf Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard digging nest) photo by Val Bugh Habronattus viridipes (jumping spider, male) photo by Val Bugh Achaeareanea sp. (cobweb weaver) photo by Val Bugh Pardosa sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Burtinus notatipennis (broad-headed bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (shore bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Polistes sp. (paper wasp cleaning its head) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes nigromarginatus (black-margined shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Marathyssa inficita (dark marathyssa, larva) photo by Val Bugh Panopoda carneicosta (brown panopoda, larva) photo by Val Bugh Pareuchaetes insulata (yellow-winged pareuchaetes, larva) photo by Val Bugh Digrammia atrofasciata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes integra (eggplant leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch) photo by Val Bugh Eantis tamenund (sickle-winged skipper) photo by Val Bugh Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer, male) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx seripennis) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Velvet Mites (Unknown sp.) Spider Mites (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Eantis tamenund   Sickle-winged Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Marathyssa inficita   Dark Marathyssa (larva)       Panopoda carneicosta   Brown Panopoda (larva)    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    crambidae   Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Phycitodes mucidella   Moth       Laetilia coccidivora   Moth    tortricidae   Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)       Burtinus notatipennis   Broad-headed Bug    saldidae   Unknown sp.   Shore Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes apachus   Apache Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes sp.   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp diptera   asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus atratus   Black Horse Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Signal Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus fultoni   Snowy Tree Cricket araneae   salticidae   Habronattus viridipes   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    theridiidae   Achaearanea sp.   Cobweb Weaver    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver