Sixteen volunteers conducted this week's survey under sunny, hot conditions. Dragonflies and damselflies are both predators in the order Odonata. As shown below, they differ significantly in appearance and also in their preferred hunting styles. The former fly fast and high while the latter are slower and remain close to the ground. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by George Ward Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider) photo by Julie Shaw Hentzia palmarum (long-jawed jumper) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Habronattus cognatus & Acinopterus sp. (jumping spider eating leafhopper) photo by Oscar Vaz Phidippus arizonensis & Apis mellifera (Arizona jumper eating honey bee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Xysticus sp. (crab spider) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth) photo by Dave Christie Cisthene tenuifascia & Cisthene unifascia (lichen moths) photo by Val Bugh Spilosoma virginica (Virginia tiger moth) photo by Julie Shaw Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva) photo by Rob Gonzalez Cyanocitta cristata (blue jay with acorns) photo by George Ward Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Rob Gonzalez Eleodes goryi (desert stink beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Bothrotes canaliculatus (darkling beetle) photo by Katherine Daniels Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk, male) photo by Beth Kirkhart Argia funebris (springwater dancer, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Unknown sp. (green lacewing eggs & hatchlings) photo by Vince VanderHeijden & Katherine Daniels Planorbella sp. (rams-horn snail) photo by Michael Knox Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Empidonax minimus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Paripatetic Scrubsnail (Praticolella mexicana) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Land Snail (Unknown sp.) Rams-horn (Planorbella sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth    erebidae   Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginia Tiger Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)       Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Haimbachia indistinctalis   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Myelopsis alatella   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Tacoma feriella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Epiblema chromata   Leafroller Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Recurvaria corallina   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Polyhymno new sp. 2   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    depressariidae   Antaeotricha leucillana   Bird Dropping Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter argentinotella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Coscinoptera aeneipennis   Leaf Beetle       Lema trivittata   Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Bembidion sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle       Bothrotes canaliculatus   Darkling Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle       Uvarus sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus exiguus   Water Scavenger Beetle    haliplidae   Haliplus sp.   Crawling Water Beetle    heteroceridae   Heterocerus texanus   Variegated Mud-loving Beetle    cryptophagidae   Cryptophagus sp.   Silken Fungus Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta immaculata   Blister Beetle    staphylinidae   Lobrathium sp.   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Trichobaris sp.   Weevil       Baris sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus succinctus   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Tempyra biguttula   Seed Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Eustictus claripennis   Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus insularis   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Dikrella maculata   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella sonora   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Protalebrella conica   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    delphacidae   Chionomus puella   Planthopper    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Mining Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus texensis   Mason Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion californicum   Blue Mud Dauber       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    mutillidae   Unknown sp.   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Paradidyma singularis   Tachinid fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chaoboridae   Chaoborus punctipennis   Phantom Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Thespis parva   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysopa quadripunctata   Four-spotted Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & eggs) psocoptera   psocidae   Indiopsocus bisignatus   Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus sp.   Orbweaver       Unknown sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider