It was hot and partly cloudy as twelve people participated in this week's survey. The animals we see are not always the perfect picture of health. The toad shown below is so emaciated that its bones are evident beneath its skin. The long, pointy bone at its rear is the urostyle, a series of fused sacral vertebrae that replace the tail in frogs and toads. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bufo nebulifer (gulf coast toad) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Dan Zinn Walshomyia sabinae & Unknown sp. (midge gall & mealybug) photo by Val Bugh Dactylopius sp. (cochineal insect, female) photo by Val Bugh Lepyronia gibbosa (spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug nymph) photo by Dan Zinn Ceuthophilus sp. (camel cricket) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis) photo by Val Bugh Psorophora cyanescens (mosquito) photo by Barbara Ribble Harmonia axyridis (multi-colored Asian lady beetle) photo by Val Bugh Xylobiops basilaris (powder-post beetle) photo by Val Bugh Sphaenothecus bivittata (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevils mating) photo by Val Bugh Eumarozia malachitana (sculptured moth) photo by Val Bugh Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm moth) photo by Dan Zinn Euglandina singleyana (striate wolf snail) photo by Val Bugh Platycryptus undatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Zenaida macroura (mourning dove) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), family group Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpoles Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    geometridae   Scopula umbilicata   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Lepyronia gibbosa   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva)       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Walshomyia sabinae   Gall Midge (larva)    culicidae   Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula pulchella   Twelve-spotted Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius sp.   Brown Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver