A team of ten volunteers participated in this week's survey under mostly cloudy, warm conditions. The pollen on the flowers of Antelope-horns, a native milkweed, is encased in tiny sacs called "pollinia." These sticky structures latch onto foraging insects, such as the Honey Bee shown below. For pollination to occur, the pollinia must end up in the appropriate receptacle of another blossom. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Typocerus sinuatus (flower longhorn) photo by Val Bugh Derospidea brevicollis (leaf beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (common sawfly larva) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester larva) photo by Val Bugh Isturgia dislocaria (pale-veined isturgia larva) photo by Val Bugh Crematogaster laeviuscula & Lactura sp. (acrobat ant attacking camera lens & moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Polistes carolina (red wasp with chunk of caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Apis mellifera (honey bee with pollinia) photo by Val Bugh Cyphomyia erecta (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Phyprosopus callitrichoides (curve-lined owlet) photo by Dan Zinn Euclea incisa (oak slug moth) photo by Val Bugh Fernaldella fimetaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Polygonia interrogationis (question mark) photo by Harriett Wolf Acanthocephala sp. (coreid bug egg) photo by Val Bugh Sobara palliolata (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Smilia camelus (treehopper) photo by Dan Zinn Cyrtolobus sp. (treehoppers mating) photo by Val Bugh Leucauge venusta (orchard spider eating crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail, with fly) photo by Val Bugh Bubo virginianus (great horned owl, with nestlings) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), large tadpoles Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (pupa)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain (larva)       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Hadena capsularis   Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (adult & larva)       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Matigramma sp.   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Phyprosopus callitrichoides   Curve-lined Owlet       Melipotis indomita   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Virbia sp.   Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent       Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia (larva)       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth (larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Petrophila kearfottalis   Moth       Palpita gracialis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (larva)    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Antaeotricha lindseyi   Bird-dropping Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth       Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle (larva)       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Spintherophyta globosa   Leaf Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle       Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    meloidae   Pyrota insulata   Blister Beetle    anthribidae   Euparius marmoreus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (egg)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Taedia sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper    membracidae   Ophiderma sp.   Treehopper       Smilia camelus   Treehopper       Cyrtolobus sp.   Treehopper       Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia sp.   Planthopper (nymph)    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly (larva)    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (larva) diptera   tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly       Meromacrus acutus   Flower Fly    scathophagidae   Scathophaga stercoraria   Golden Dung Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly    stratiomyidae   Cyphomyia erecta   Soldier Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly       Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly       Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly       Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer (adult & exuviae)       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    salticidae   Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper