A dozen volunteers waited out an early thunderstorm before conducting this week's survey under warm, overcast conditions. The cicada shown below took about 45 minutes to completely escape its nymph shell in a process called eclosion. However, it took several hours before it was ready to fly. Adults of Megatibicen resh are among the loudest insects in North America, with an alarm call that has been measured at 105.9 dB. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Plinthocoelium suaveolens (bumelia borer) photo by Beth Kirkhart Kuschelina gibbitarsa & Asphaera lustrans (flea beetles) photo by Linda Crabtree & Michael Knox Megatibicen resh (cicada eclosing) photo by Michael Knox Megatibicen resh (cicada, teneral) photo by Rob Gonzalez Megatibicen resh (cicada about to fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Hadoa texana (cicada) photo by Michael Knox Aetole tripunctella (moth) photo by Katherine Daniels Argiope aurantia & Phoebis sennae (black and yellow garden spider eating cloudless sulphur) photo by Joe Fernandes Phidippus audax & Cuerna costalis (immature bold jumper eating leafhopper & adult bold jumper missing an eye!) photo by Val Bugh Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider, male) photo by Rob Gonzalez Argia funebris (springwater dancer, female) photo by Michael Knox Dythemis fugax (checkered setwing) photo by Beth Kirkhart Erpetogomphus designatus (eastern ringtail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Anolis carolinensis (green anole shedding) photo by Rob Gonzalez Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Beth Kirkhart Piranga rubra (summer tanager) photo by Beth Kirkhart Colpa octomaculata (scoliid wasp, male) photo by Linda Crabtree Scolia nobilitata (scoliid wasp, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Spilosoma virginica & Estigmene acrea (setae on Virginian tiger moth & salt marsh moth larvae) photo by Michael Knox Sinea sp. (spined assassin bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Land Planarian (Dolichoplana striata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Anthanassa texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Condica sp.   Moth (larva)       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm (larva)    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Unknown sp.   Sphinx Moth (larva)    geometridae   Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    momphidae   Mompha sp.   Mompha Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Leptinotarsa decemlineata   Colorado Potato Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Disonycha glabrata   Pigweed Flea Beetle       Kuschelina gibbitarsa   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Longitarsus sp.   Flea Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    curculionidae   Anthonomus decipiens   Weevil       Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug       Cimolus obscurus   Squash Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Unknown sp.   Scentless Plant Bug (eggs)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug (nymph)    tingidae   Gargaphia iridescens   Lace Bug       Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    gerridae   Gerris sp.   Water Strider    hydrometridae   Hydrometra sp.   Marsh Treader    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug       Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (eggs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Megatibicen resh   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Ancyloscelis sp.   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp       Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Monomorium carbonarium   Little Black Ant    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Meromacrus acutus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Phasia sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    cecidomyiidae   Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (galls)    culicidae   Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing    gomphidae   Erpetogomphus designatus   Eastern Ringtail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Twin-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Arethaea gracilipes   Thin-footed Thread-legged Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus hesperus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider       Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver       Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider