We had ten participants on this week's survey. Conditions were mostly sunny and hot. The number of caterpillars we have observed this year is exceptionally low. One reason might be the efficiency of parasitoids (parasites that eventually kill their hosts). The braconid wasp larvae and cocoons shown below are examples. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Lestes forficula (rainpool spreadwing) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher ovipositing) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (stink bug hatchlings) photo by Dan Zinn Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug nymph) photo by Dan Zinn Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug adult) photo by Barbara Ribble Catorhintha selector (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Zelus cervicalis (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Neocoelidia tumidifrons (leafhopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Sobara palliolata (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus ponderosus (ponderous grasshopper) photo by Harriett Wolf Anthonomus fulvus (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Efferia sp. (robber fly eating butterfly) photo by Dan Zinn Clogmia albipunctata (moth fly) photo by Val Bugh Lesmone hinna (owlet moth) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Dan Zinn Unknown sp. (braconid wasp larvae eating Texas powdered-skipper larva) photo by Val Bugh Zale lunata & Microplitis sp. (lunate zale larva & braconid wasp cocoons) photo by Val Bugh Sarinda hentzi (antmimic jumper) photo by Val Bugh Hentzia palmarum (long-jawed jumper) photo by Val Bugh Tyrannus verticalis (western kingbird) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh tracks Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), dead Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus), dead Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    erebidae   Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter fitchella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Neocoelidia tumidifrons   Leafhopper (nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    diaspididae   Unknown sp.   Scale    cicadidae   Tibicen sp.   Cicada (exuviae) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes fuscatus   Northern Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (larva)       Microplitis sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    psychodidae   Clogmia albopictus   Moth Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    lestidae   Lestes forficula   Rainpool Spreadwing    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & egg) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Sarinda hentzi   Antmimic Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black & Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver