The morning weather was cool, turning hot and sunny by noon as twelve participants completed this week's survey. Camouflage is an effective means of avoiding predators, as demonstrated by the grasshopper nymph shown below. While remaining motionless is a first line of defense, the flightless insect can also resort to jumping quite a distance using those muscular hind legs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by George Ward Falco sparverius (American kestrel) photo by George Ward Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk, female) photo by Oscar Vaz Lactista azteca (Aztec bandwing nymph) photo by Michael Knox Phylloscelis atra (black leaf-leg) photo by Katherine Daniels Jadera haematoloma (red-shouldered bug) photo by Julie Shaw Leptoglossus phyllopus (eastern leaf-footed bug nymphs) photo by Katherine Daniels Disonycha discoidea (passionflower flea beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Trichobaris sp. (weevil) photo by Rob Gonzalez Condica sutor (the cobbler larva) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary larva) photo by Julie Shaw Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary pupa) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by George Ward Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by Katherine Daniels Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Ken Shaw Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Oscar Vaz Wallengrenia otho (southern broken-dash) photo by Michael Knox Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Michael Knox Peucetia viridans (green lynx hatchling) photo by Rob Gonzalez Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Sam Fruehling Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Lesser Goldfinch (Empidonax minimus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata), dormant Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       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    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Condica sutor   The Cobbler (larva)    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Eublemma minima   Everlasting Bud Moth       Isogona scindens   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginia Tiger Moth (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    sphingidae   Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Diacme elealis   Paler Diacme Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   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       Neocythris fissirostris   Moth    depressariidae   Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    gracillariidae   Cameraria ulmella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Disonycha discoidea   Passionflower Flea Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    cleridae   Neorthopleura texana   Checkered Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus infuscatus   Water Scavenger Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Trichobaris sp.   Weevil       Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus succinctus   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Perigenes similis   Seed Bug       Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Ancyloscelis apiformis   Crooked-legged Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes apachus   Apache Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Euparyphus sp.   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Pelastoneurus sp.   Long-legged    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    limoniidae   Cryptolabis sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Ablabesmyia sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk 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 (adult & nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       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       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga tonkawa   Sand Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Ceraeochrysa valida/cubana   Green Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste sp.   Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    salticidae   Maevia inclemens   Dimorphic Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx