A team of twenty contributed to this week's survey under hot and mostly sunny conditions. The antlion larva shown below is the insect that creates cone-shaped pit traps in dry dirt. It is completely adapted to burying itself; its legs can only propel it backwards. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mangora placida (orbweaver) photo by Michael Knox Apiomerus spissipes & Apis mellifera (bee assassin eating honey bee) photo by Mika Geiger Phylloscelis atra (black leaf-leg nymph) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Myrmeleon sp. (antlion larva) photo by Linda Crabtree Scymnus sp. & Uroleucon sp. (lady beetle larva eating aphid) photo by Dave Christie Plectrodera scalator (cottonwood borer) photo by Joe Fernandes Lactista azteca (Aztec bandwing nymph) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Cardinalis cardinalis & Unknown sp. (northern cardinal eating grasshopper) photo by George Ward Piranga rubra (summer tanager, female) photo by Bill Boyd Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo) photo by Mark Stoetzer Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird, juvenile) photo by Rob Gonzalez Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper larva) photo by Dan Hardy Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail larva) photo by Michael Knox Emarginea percara (beloved emarginea) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer) photo by Dave Christie Chlosyne lacinia (teneral bordered patch & exuviae) photo by Joe Fernandes Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperors) photo by Linda Crabtree Xylocopa micans (southern carpenter bee) photo by David Cook Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Mika Geiger Euodynerus hidalgo (mason wasp) photo by Mika Geiger Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) 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-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (adult, larva & pupa)       Anthanassa texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (adult & larva)       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper (larva)       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Leucania adjuta   Adjutant Wainscot    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Idia aemula   Common Idia       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Elasmia sp.   Prominent       Paraeschra georgica   Georgian Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & egg)    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave (larva)       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Cacotherapia flexilinealis   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Leafroller Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Eugnosta deceptana   Leafroller Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Siskiwitia sp.   Moth       Melanocinclis lineigera   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    tineidae   Monopis crocicapitella   Bird Nest Moth       Xystrologa new sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Leptinotarsa decemlineata   Colorado Potato Beetle       Disonycha glabrata   Pigweed Flea Beetle       Disonycha leptolineata   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Coscinoptera aeneipennis   Leaf Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Plectrodera scalator   Cottonwood Borer    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Dipropus simplex   Click Beetle       Alaus lusciosus   Click Beetle    ptinidae   Caenocara sp.   Puffball Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta sericans   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris mcivor   Plant Bug       Eustictus claripennis   Plant Bug       Eustictus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper       Erythroneura tricincta   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg (nymph)    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper    membracidae   Micrutalis sp.   Treehopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid    cicadidae   Hadoa texana   Cicada       Neotibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Ancyloscelis sp.   Digger Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    dryinidae   Unknown sp.   Pincer Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    richardiidae   Sepsisoma sp.   Richardiid Fly    hippoboscidae   Lipoptena mazamae   Neotropical Deer Ked    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    ceratopogonidae   Dasyhelea sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia sedula   Blue-ringed Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Unknown sp.   Skimmer (exuviae) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus tuberculatus   Quanah Grasshopper (nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia cincticollis   African Earwig blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & eggs)    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)    mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Smicridea fasciatella   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus cingulatus   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Colonus hesperus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver