The weather was warm and overcast as five volunteers participated in this week's survey. Bumble bees carry pollen in a corbicula, or pollen basket, which is a modified area on each hind leg (see image below). The pollen is combed, scraped and pressed into this structure; hairs around the edge of the pollen glob hold it in place. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Marpissa pikei (pike slender jumper) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha sp. (longjawed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin) photo by Val Bugh Myodocha serripes (long-necked seed bug) photo by Dan Zinn Tibicen superbus (superb cicada) photo by Val Bugh Phera insolita (sharpshooter, with brochosomes) photo by Val Bugh Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula montezuma (Montezuma's grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee corbicula) photo by Val Bugh Agrilus addendus (metallic woodborers mating) photo by Val Bugh Disonycha sp. (flea beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva with attendant ant) photo by Val Bugh Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's roadside-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (southern emerald) photo by Barbara Ribble Eublemma recta (moth) photo by Val Bugh Heterocampa astartoides (prominent) photo by Val Bugh Urola nivalis (snowy urola) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus heppneri (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Hydropsyche sp. (netspinning caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Heterocampa astartoides   Prominent    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Pimaphera percata   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Palpita gracialis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Honora mellinella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Moth       Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth       Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Disonycha sp.   Flea Beetle (larva)       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Unknown sp.   Seed Beetle    coccinellidae   Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia hubbardi   Longhorn Beetle       Eburia haldemani   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus addendus   Metallic Woodborer    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Chinavia marginata   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper       Phera insolita   Sharpshooter       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    membracidae   Entylia carinata   Treehopper    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper (nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Marpissa pikei   Pike Slender Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver