The weather was warm and mostly cloudy as fourteen participants completed this week's survey. Both the very worn Monarch and the more intact Queen shown below are females. They lack the distinctive pair of dark scent glands that are present on the hind wings of males. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Ictinia mississippiensis (Mississippi kite) photo by Annelia Williams Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Annelia Williams Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Beth Kirkhart Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Dwayne Mann Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating honey bee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Tetragnatha laboriosa (silver longjawed orbweaver eating fly) photo by Dan Zinn Languria mozardi (lizard beetle) photo by Victoria Briseno Protandrena sp. & Chrysoperla plorabunda (bee & green lacewing larva) photo by Dwayne Mann Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Stictocephala sp., Telamona ampelopsidis, Cyrtolobus parvulus & Atymna sp. (treehoppers) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochroa ligata (conchuela nymph) photo by Victoria Briseno Vitisiella brevicauda (midge galls on mustang grape) photo by Dwayne Mann Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx larvae: color variations) photo by Harry Miller & Victoria Briseno Danaus plexippus (travel-worn monarch) photo by Annelia Williams Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Beth Kirkhart Polygonia interrogationis (question mark) photo by Dwayne Mann Geina sp. (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Cerma cerintha (tufted bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Prionoxystus robiniae (carpenterworm moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur (adult & larva)       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & pupa)       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Cerma cerintha   Tufted Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Caenurgia chloropha   Vetch Looper Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Conchylodes ovulalis   Zebra Conchylodes       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Caudellia nigrella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema minutana   Minute Ragweed Borer       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Pseudogalleria inimicella   Inimical Borer Moth       Argyrotaenia quercifoliana   Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Platynota sp.   Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Pseudotelphusa sp.   Moth    cossidae   Prionoxystus robiniae   Carpenterworm Moth    gracillariidae   Marmara sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Geina sp.   Plume Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    momphidae   Mompha sp.   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth       Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Longitarsus sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn       Rhopalophora longipes   Longhorn Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Lebia viridis   Ground Beetle    melyridae   Attalus nigripes   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    curculionidae   Nicentrus decipiens   Weevil       Sitona californius   Broad-nosed Weevil       Pheloconus hispidus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    tingidae   Gargaphia solani   Lace Bug    berytidae   Metacanthus multispinus   Stilt Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    thyreocoridae   Corimelaena sp.   Ebony Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult, nymph & egg)       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Oncometopia hamiltoni   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (nymph)       Draeculacephala inscripta   Waterlettuce Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Jikradia olitoria   Leafhopper (nymph)       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Agallia constricta   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper (nymph)    membracidae   Cyrtolobus parvulus   Treehopper       Cyrtolobus maculifrontis   Treehopper       Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper       Atymna sp.   Treehopper       Telamona ampelopsidis   Virginia Creeper Treehopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)       Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    encyrtidae   Unknown sp.   Encyrtid Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Trogomorpha arrogans   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly (adult & larva)    tenthredinidae   Pseudosiobla excavata   Common Sawfly (adult & larva)       Macremphytus testaceus   Common Sawfly (larva)       Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tricinctum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Neacreothrichus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Scleropogon sp.   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia cuprina   Bronze Bottle Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Vitisiella brevicauda   Gall Midge odonata   libellulidae   Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus fultoni   Snowy Tree Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus fasciatus   Slender Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach    blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis limbata   Bordered Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)       Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva)       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly       Smicridea fasciatella   Netspinning Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    glossosomatidae   Unknown sp.   Little Black Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Marpissa formosa   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes apollo   Lynx Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    theridiidae   Anelosimus studiosus   Social Cobweb Weaver    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider