A dozen volunteers contributed to this week's survey on a hot, heavily overcast morning with light rain that became a downpour around noon. Aphids produce honeydew that lures ants to protect them. The ants, however, fail to recognize the threat of wax-covered lady beetle larvae feeding on those same aphids. In the image shown below, an ant merely examines the beetle larva without attacking it. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Trichopoda lanipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Dave Christie Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Palpada vinetorum (flower fly) photo by Dave Christie Agriphila vulgivagella (vagabond crambus moth) photo by Val Bugh Atteva aurea (ailanthus webworm moth) photo by Linda Crabtree Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth) photo by Val Bugh Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail larva) photo by Linda Crabtree Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper) photo by Linda Crabtree Eleodes tricostata (desert stink beetle) photo by Val Bugh Solenopsis sp., Scymnus sp. & Unknown sp. (fire ant, lady beetle larva & aphid) photo by Linda Crabtree Thespis parva (Scudder's mantis) photo by Michael Knox Pseudosermyle strigata (walking stick) photo by Val Bugh Proxys punctulatus (black stink bug) photo by Linda Crabtree Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Chariesterus antennator (euphorbia bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Largus succinctus (largus bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Mesovelia mulsanti (water treader) photo by Val Bugh Lithobates berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Linda Crabtree Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Empidonax minimus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Milk Snail (Otala lactea), dormant Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.), dormant Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   Urbanus proteus   Long-tailed Skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Atalopedes huron   Huron Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginia Tiger Moth (larva)    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Bandera binotella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Hypsopygia binodulalis   Pink-fringed Dolichomia       Tacoma feriella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Pseudogalleria inimicella   Inimical Borer Moth       Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    tineidae   Nemapogon sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus piger   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus implacidus   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle       Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    ptinidae   Ptinus sp.   Spider Beetle    phalacridae   Phalacrus sp.   Shining Flower Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites eximius   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris breviusculus   Juniper Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia mulsanti   Water Treader    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug       Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (nymph)       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Neocoelidia tumidifrons   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Protalebrella conica   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper    delphacidae   Chionomus puella   Planthopper       Liburniella ornata   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    triozidae   Baeoalitriozus diospyri   Persimmon Psyllid    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    torymidae   Torymus sp.   Torymid Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged fly       Gnadochaeta sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Pelastoneurus sp.   Long-legged    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    tephritidae   Trupanea bisetosa   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Wood Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs)    thespidae   Thespis parva   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx