We had six participants this week. The weather was hot, humid and mostly sunny. Although the Northern Paper Wasp shown below looks threatening, it is harmless. Male wasps do not have stingers; the yellow face and curled antennae are clues to its sex. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Euodynerus pratensis (mason wasp with paralyzed caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Euodynerus hidalgo (mason wasp) photo by Val Bugh Polistes fuscatus (northern paper wasp, male) photo by Val Bugh Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp digging nest) photo by Val Bugh Agapostemon sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Apis mellifera (honey bee with very colorful pollen!) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus sp. (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Aglossa cuprina (grease moth) photo by Val Bugh Anicla infecta (green cutworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Gnorimoschema saphirinella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Glaphyria fulminalis (black-patched glaphyria) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Dan Zinn Wallengrenia otho (southern broken-dash) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula admirabilis (handsome grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura posita (fragile forktail, female) photo by Val Bugh Habronattus cognatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (cobweb spider securing millipede in its web) photo by Val Bugh Oxidus gracilis (greenhouse millipede pile) photo by Val Bugh Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis), thousands! Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash    noctuidae   Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling    erebidae   Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    sphingidae   Manduca quinquemaculata   Five-spotted Hawk Moth    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth    crambidae   Glaphyria fulminalis   Black-patched Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Pyrausta sp.   Moth (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Aglossa cuprina   Grease Moth    tortricidae   Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eucosma salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth       Blastobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Dichomeris setosella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha marmorata   Chrysanthemum Lace Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Acinopterus angulatus   Leafhopper       Erythroneura vulnerata   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes fuscatus   Northern Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    formicidae   Unknown sp.   Ant (alate) diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper    tetridae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) araneae   salticidae   Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black-and-yellow Garden Spider       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Long-jawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Unknown sp.   Cobweb Spider