A team of nine completed this week's survey on a hot and sunny morning. Lizards, like all reptiles, amphibians and birds, excrete both urine and feces from the same opening, the cloaca. Each dropping has two parts: the chalky white bit is concentrated (because lizards conserve their moisture) uric acid and the brown is the fecal material. See image below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mozena lunata (mesquite bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug adult & nymph) photo by Val Bugh Diplotaxis sp. (scarab) photo by Barbara Ribble Stenaspis verticalis (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Bufo nebulifer (Gulf coast toad in waterfall) photo by Harriett Wolf Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail excreting waste) photo by Barbara Ribble Planorbella duryi (Seminole rams-horn snail) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx eating mantis) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta inornatalis (inornate pyrausta moth) photo by Dan Zinn Hileithia rehamalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes triangulalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia corallina (moth) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Schinia thoreaui (Thoreau's flower moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Darapsa myron (Virginia creeper sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Zerene cesonia (southern dogface larva) photo by Val Bugh Argia sedula (blue-ringed dancer) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Leech (Erpobdella sp.) Seminole Rams-horn Snail (Planorbella duryi) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Heliconius charithonia   Zebra Heliconian (pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & pupa)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper (adult & larva)       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Moth (larva)       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth (larva)       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth (larva)    erebidae   Eubolina impartialis   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx (larva)       Erinnyis obscura   Obscure Sphinx    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lineodes triangulalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta sp.   Moth (larva)       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Hileithia rehamalis   Moth       Stemorrhages costata   Moth    pyralidae   Chararica hystriculella   Moth    tortricidae   Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eucosma salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    sesiidae   Carmenta phoradendri   Mistletoe Borer Moth    gelechiidae   Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Untomia albistrigella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Hellinsia sp.   Plume Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Blastobasis sp.   Moth       Hypatopa sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Scythris trivinctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (larva)       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Stenaspis verticalis   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    elateridae   Conoderus sp.   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    megachilidaee   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Rogas sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia sedula   Blue-ringed Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph)    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver