The weather was hot and partly sunny as eight participants contributed to this week's survey. The two bee flies shown below are named more for their larval feeding habits than for any superficial resemblance to bees. The maggots of these flies are parasitic on the larvae of bees and wasps. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Chinavia hilare (green stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Anasa scorbutica (squash bug) photo by Val Bugh Anthrax seriepunctatus (bee fly) photo by Dan Zinn Exoprosopa sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda sp. (feather-legged fly) photo by Dan Zinn Atomosia melanopogon (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Promachus hinei (robber flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca obscura (obscure bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Paratettix aztecus (pygmy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Val Bugh Macaria aequiferaria (woody angle) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (argid sawfly larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (argid sawflies: female & male) photo by Val Bugh Brachygastra mellifica (Mexican honey wasp) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma civile (familiar bluet) photo by Val Bugh Alobates pensylvanica (false mealworm beetle) photo by Barbara Ribble Pentispa melanura (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Val Bugh Picoides scalaris (ladder-backed woodpecker) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Long-eared Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Adelpha eulalia   Arizona Sister       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (larva)       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)    geometridae   Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Pentispa melanura   Leaf Beetle       Longitarsus sp.   Flea Beetle       Plagiometriona clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn    mordellidae   Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Alobates pensylvanica   False Mealworm Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Mozena obtusa   Mesquite Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Anasa scorbutica   Squash Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    platygastridae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly (adult, pupa & larva) diptera   bombyliidae   Anthrax seriepunctatus   Bee Fly       Exoprosopa sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly    tephritidae   Euaresta sp.   Fruit Fly       Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix aztecus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Neonemobius sp.   Ground Cricket       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Zygoballus rufipes   Hammer-jawed Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider