A cool, sunny morning warmed up quickly as seventeen participants contributed to this week's survey. The mosquito shown below, like many kinds of flies, typically feeds on nectar. Most mosquito larvae develop on nutrient-poor diets so females need the protein in a blood meal to produce eggs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Rob Gonzalez Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by Oscar Vaz Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Beth Kirkhart Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Oscar Vaz Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Julie Shaw Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider) photo by Julie Shaw Tetragnatha elongata (longjawed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Dave Christie Phidippus cardinalis (cardinal jumper) photo by Julie Shaw Peucetia viridans, Unknown sp. & Polistes bellicosus (green lynx & freeloader flies eating paper wasp) photo by Mika Geiger Entypus sp. (spider wasp) photo by Mika Geiger Euodynerus crypticus (mason wasp) photo by Oscar Vaz Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp) photo by Mika Geiger Aedes vexans (inland floodwater mosquito, female) photo by Dave Christie Argia immunda (Kiowa dancers in tandem) photo by Katherine Daniels Dryophytes cinereus (green tree frog) photo by Egidio Leitão Regulus calendula (ruby-crowned kinglet) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Beth Kirkhart Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Katherine Daniels Unknown sp. (rock bristletail) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 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) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Empidonax minimus) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) 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) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Crested Millipede (Abacion texense) Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.) Gall Mites (Unknown sp.), galls Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Cucullia laetifica   Moth (larva)       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm (larva)    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & 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 peralbata   White Wave       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (larva)       Lineodes vulnifica   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Bandera binotella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Eremberga insignis   Cactus Borer Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Sinoe corallina   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Chionodes mariona   Moth       Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Helcystogramma melantherella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina ottawana   Peach Fruitworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    depressariidae   Antaeotricha leucillana   Bird Dropping Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth    tineidae   Kearfottia new sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Chaetocnema pingis   Flea Beetle       Mimosestes nubigens   Bean Weevil       Megacerus cubiculus   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta callosa   Blister Beetle    curculionidae   Smicronyx sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus succinctus   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (nymph)       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    pompilidae   Entypus sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    chrysididae   Chrysis conica   Cuckoo Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged fly       Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly       Phasia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus longicornis   Long-legged Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    empididae   Empis clausa   Dance Fly    culicidae   Aedes vexans   Inland Floodwater Mosquito       Uranotaenia sapphirina   Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       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 (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Nebulatettix subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & eggs)    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly strepsiptera   stylopidae   Unknown sp.   Twisted-wing Parasite archaeognatha   meinertellidae   Unknown sp.   Rock Bristletail araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona sp.   Orbweaver       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Bassaniana sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha elongata   Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver    anyphaenidae   Wulfila tantillus   Ghost Spider