It was hot, breezy and partly sunny as a team of twenty-one conducted this week's survey. The kissing bug shown below has a tube-like proboscis through which it feeds on the blood of mammals. The name refers to its preference to bite humans around the mouth or eyes. It is a carrier of the parasite responsible for Chagas disease. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Danaus gilippus (queens) photo by David Cook Burnsius communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skippers) photo by Joe Fernandes Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphurs) photo by Oscar Vaz Pygarctia lorula (tiger moths) photo by David Cook Bubulcus ibis (western cattle-egret) photo by Bill Boyd Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Yvonne Karnath Cathartes aura (turkey vulture) photo by Sam Fruehling Homalodisca vitripennis (glassy-winged sharpshooter) photo by Michael Knox Homalodisca vitripennis (glassy-winged sharpshooter shooting waste liquid) photo by Mika Geiger Dictyonissus griphus (tropiduchid planthopper) photo by Katherine Daniels Corythucha sp. (lace bug) photo by Deana Dossey Chariesterus antennator (euphorbia bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Mozena lunata (mesquite bug nymphs & exuviae) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Triatoma gerstaeckeri (kissing bug) photo by Val Bugh Hentzia palmarum (long-jawed jumper) photo by Julie Shaw Tachytes distinctus (digger wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Dioprosopa clavata (flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Neohirmoneura bradleyi (tangle-veined fly) photo by Dan Hardy Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid with nuptial gift) photo by Andrew Harrod Herichthys cyanoguttatus (Rio Grande cichlid) photo by Deana Dossey Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Cattle-egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Burnsius sp.   Checkered-skipper (larva)       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache expolita   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm moth (adult & larva)       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Toxonprucha excavata   Moth       Zale edusina   Moth       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth    arctiidae   Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (adult & larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    euteliidae   Marathyssa inficita   Dark Marathyssa    notodontidae   Hyparpax aurostriata   Prominent       Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Elasmia sp.   Prominent    cossidae   Fania nanus   Carpenterworm Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth (adult & larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Chalcoela iphitalis   Sooty-winged Chalcoela       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth (adult & larva)       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm (larva)    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Bactra furfurana   Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth       Ethmia delliella   Ladder-backed Ethmia       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    epipyropidae   Fulgoraecia exigua   Planthopper Parasite Moth (larva)    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth       Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    momphidae   Mompha sp.   Moth    schreckensteiniidae   Schreckensteinia erythriella   Bristle-legged Moth    tineidea   Nemapogon sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Disonycha leptolineata   Passionflower Flea Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (adult & larva)       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle       Hyperaspis bigeminata   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Tetraopes texanus   Milkweed Longhorn       Mecas cineracea   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia maculicornis   Ground Beetle       Stenolophus dissimilis   Seedcorn Beetle       Galerita sp.   False Bombardier Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm       Distremocephalus texanus   Glowworm    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Paramordellaria carinata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Strongylium hemistriatum   Darkling Beetle       Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    zopheridae   Sesaspis emarginatus   Ironclad Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    cryptophagidae   Cryptophagus sp.   Silken Fungus Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug       Phymata sp.   Ambush Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis stella   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Hebata sp.   Leafhopper       Memnonia sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   treehopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    caliscelidae   Bruchomorpha sp.   Piglet Bug    derbidae   Cedusa widisca   Planthopper    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    delphacidae   Pissonotus sp.   Planthopper       Megamelus davisi   Common Waterlily Planthopper (adult & nymph)       Sogatella kolophon   Planthopper    aphididae   Uroleucon verbesinae   Bicolored Frostweed Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    cicadidae   Pacarina puella   Cicada       Unknown sp.   Cicada (exuviae) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Epimelissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Moth    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile fortis   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee       Osmia subfasciata   Mason Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Tachytes distinctus   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Auplopus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex ejectus   Twig Ant (alate)       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant (alate)    bethylidae   Pristepyris sp.   Bethylid Wasp    dryinidae   Unknown sp.   Pincer Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Anthrax pluto   Bee Fly    nemestrinidae   Neohirmoneura bradleyi   Tangle-veined Fly    asilidae   Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly (egg)    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    scatopsidae   Unknown sp.   Minute Black Scavenger Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes cinereus   Nasute Termite (alate) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Ceraeochrysa valida/cubana   Green Lacewing       Yumachrysa sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs)    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips psocoptera   psocidae   Blastopsocus walshi   Barklouse trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly       Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra obscura   Fingernet Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Baetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly    heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    gnaphosidae   Sergiolus sp.   Ground Spider    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    pholcidae   Modisimus texanus   Cellar Spider       Unknown sp.   Cellar Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula