A team of fifteen conducted this week's survey under warm and partly sunny conditions. The efficacy of insect pollination can vary tremendously within any particular group. Compare the Black Swallowtail and Oak Hairstreaks shown below. As they feed, the former is definitely moving thistle pollen while the latter are not even touching the relevant parts of the milkweed flowers. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pontia protodice (checkered white) photo by Joe Fernandes Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by George Ward Satyrium favonius (oak hairstreaks) photo by Beth Kirkhart Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent) photo by Pat Dittmar Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Estigmene acrea & Uresiphita reversalis (salt marsh & genista caterpillars) photo by Dwayne Mann Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia larva) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Catocala muliercula (little wife underwing larva) photo by Val Bugh Olla v-nigrum (ashy gray lady beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Argia plana (springwater dancer) photo by Dwayne Mann Niesthrea louisianica (scentless plant bug) photo by Linda Crabtree Graphocephala hieroglyphica (leafhoppers: male & female) photo by Julie Shaw Mecidea major (grass stink bug nymph molting) photo by Julie Shaw Colonus sylvanus (jumping spider) photo by Julie Shaw Storeria dekayi texana (Texas brown snake) photo by Julie Shaw Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Katherine Daniels Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by George Ward Bubo virginianus (great horned owls) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Falcon (Falco sp.) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Lesser Goldfinch (Psinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat & tracks Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh tracks Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat & tracks Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi texana) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrileatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa), immature Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.), galls on Texas persimmon Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent (adult & pupa)    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Pontia protodice   Checkered White (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger       Acronicta lobeliae   Greater Oak Dagger       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cucullia sp.   Moth (larva)       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Hypena minualis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Catocala muliercula   Little Wife Underwing (larva)       Mocis marcida   Withered Mocis       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Paratraea plebeja   Plebeian Sphinx (larva)       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (adult & larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    limacodidae   Lithacodes fasciola   Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth       Apoda rectilinea   Slug Moth    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Caudellia nigrella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista scintillana   Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Argyrotaenia quercifoliana   Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked peanutworm Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   moth    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth       Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth (larva)    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth       Diploschizia impigritella   Yellow Nutsedge Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Plume Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth       Caloptilia blandella   Walnut Caloptilia    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Neolema quadriguttata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle       Euderces pini   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Discoderus aequalis   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus sp.   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Hydrophilus triangularis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    aderidae   Aderus saginatus   Ant-like Leaf Beetle    staphylinidae   Tachyporus jocosus   Crab-like Rove Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil       Listroderes difficilis   Vegetable Weevil       Unknown sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (nymph)       Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Deraeocoris davisi   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus maculipennis   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Ceratocapsus apicalis   Yucca Plant Bug       Eustictus claripennis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Gracilimiris litoralis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    scutelleridae   Unknown sp.   Shield Bug (eggs)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult, nymph, eggs)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Menecles insertus   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug (nymph)       Murgantia histrionica   Harlequin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Diadasia rinconis   Chimney Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Halictus ligatus   Furrow Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Dusona sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly    muscidae   Neomyia cornicina   Fly    tachinidae   Gonia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    empididae   Empis sp.   Dance Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite blattodea   blaberidae   Panchlora nivea   Green Roach    ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia sp.   Earwig (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus subanticus   Brown Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocis striatus   Barklouse       Unknown sp.   Barklouse (adult & nymph) araneae   salticidae   Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black-and-yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Unknown sp.   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider