A warm, cloudy morning turned hot and sunny as nineteen participants performed this week's survey. When it comes to mosquito control, damselflies, such as the quartet shown below, are major allies. They tend to hunt close to the ground and frequently catch pests that swarm around our ankles in moist habitats. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Bill Boyd Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat) photo by Pat Dittmar Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer fawn) photo by Dan Hardy Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hirmoneura bradleyi (tangle-veined fly) photo by Tasneem Ahsanullah Senopterina caerulescens (signal fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Sphex lucae (digger wasp) photo by Dan Hardy Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee) photo by Bill Boyd Bombus sonorus (Sonoran bumble bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Enallagma basidens (double-striped bluet) Telebasis salva (desert firetail) Argia translata (dusky dancer) Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail) photo by Joe Fernandes, Barbara Ribble, Joe Fernandes & Beth Kirkhart Habronattus cognatus (jumping spider) photo by Pat Dittmar Metepeira sp. (orbweaver) photo by Beth Kirkhart Eremochrysa punctinervis (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Dan Zinn Acmaeodera ornatoides (metallic woodborer) photo by Sam Fruehling Plagiometriona clavata (clavate tortoise beetle) photo by Dwayne Mann Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Harriett Wolf Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (plume moth pupa) photo by Val Bugh Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Katherine Daniels Obrium rufulum (longhorn beetle) photo by Tasneem Ahsanullah Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Denroica pensylvanica) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Flycatcher (Empidonax sp.) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpole Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Leech (Erpobdella sp.) Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus christatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing (adult & larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)    erebidae   Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Lesmone detrahens   Detracted Owlet    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    crambidae   Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   southern Purple Mint Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (larva)       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Argyrotaenia quercifoliana   Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis pulcherrimana   Beautiful Sparganothis       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    gelechiidae   Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Pseudotelphusa sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)       Elachista illectella   Moth    gracillariidae   Marmara sp.   Moth       Parornix sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Landryia sp.   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth       Periploca sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla   Plume Moth (pupa)    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth       Diploschizia impigritella   Yellow Nutsedge Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Ophraella americana   Leaf Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Rhabdopterus sp.   Leaf Beetle       Metrioidea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Anomoea laticlavia   Clay-colored Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Plagiometriona clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle       Megacerus cubiculus   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Strangalia sexnotata   Flower Longhorn       Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle       Obrium rufulum   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle       Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva)    carabidae   Calosoma affine   Ground Beetle       Stenomorphus californicus   Ground Beetle       Cratacanthus dubius   Ground Beetle       Lebia viridipennis   Ground Beetle       Dromochorus belfragei   Tiger Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    dytiscidae   Laccophilus proximus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    mordellidae   Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    dermestidae   Unknown sp.   Dermestid Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Sitona californius   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    berytidae   Metacanthus multispinus   Stilt Bug    miridae   Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph & egg)       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Tylospilus acutissimus   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph)       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   leafhopper       Draeculacephala inscripta   Waterlettuce Leafhopper       Texananus ovatus   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper    delphacidae   Saccharosydne saccharivora   West Indian Canefly (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Cyrtolobus sp.   Treehopper       Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)       Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Osmia sp.   Mason Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes ventralis   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Aporinellus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Monomorium minimum   Little Black Ant    torymidae   Podagrion sp.   Torymid Wasp    encyrtidae   Unknown sp.   Encyrtid Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon       Messatoporus sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    tenthredinidae   Pseudosiobla excavata   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tricinctum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia reinhardi   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus kansensis   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly       Unknown sp.   Satellite Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    nemestrinidae   Hirmoneura bradleyi   Tangle-veined Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Tachytrechus sp.   Long-legged Fly    empididae   Empis clausa   Dance Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    ulidiidae   Euxesta sp.   Picture-winged Fly    tephritidae   Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly       Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Eutreta sp.   Fruit Fly       Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly    sciomyzidae   Dictya sp.   Marsh Fly    drosophilidae   Drosophila sp.   Vinegar Fly odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma basidens   Double-striped Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach    blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (adult & larva)       Eremochrysa punctinervis   Green Lacewing    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly       Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    gnaphosidae   Talanites sp.   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Modisimus texanus   Cellar Spider