The weather was sunny and hot as a team of seventeen completed this week's survey. The genus Eleodes includes around 200 species of black, flightless, desert-dwelling beetles endemic to western North America. When threatened, they squirt irritating compounds called quinones from their rear, often assuming the characteristic skunk-like stance shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk) photo by Joe Fernandes Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer) photo by Joe Fernandes Erythrodiplax umbrata (band-winged dragonlet) photo by David Cook Telebasis salva (desert firetail) photo by Mika Geiger Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer) photo by Rob Gonzalez Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by David Cook top left to bottom right: Agnippe evippeella, Recurvaria sp., Coleotechnites sp., Aspilanta sp., Siskiwitia sp., Schreckensteinia erythriella, Neurobathra strigifinitella, Stigmella apicialbella & Scythris trivinctella (tiny moths) photo by Val Bugh Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Michael Knox Pareuchaetes insulata (yellow-winged pareuchaetes larva) photo by Val Bugh Ancyloscelis sp. (digger bee) photo by Deana Dossey Megachile fortis (leafcutter bee) photo by Mika Geiger Dianthidium sp. (resin bee) photo by Mika Geiger Eleodes goryi (desert stink beetle) photo by Linda Crabtree Proxys punctulatus (black stink bug) photo by Deana Dossey Arethaea gracilipes (thin-footed thread-legged katydid) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (debris-carrying green lacewing larva) photo by Mika Geiger Unknown sp. (pteromalid wasp) photo by Rob Gonzalez Melanoplus tuberculatus (Quanah grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Micrutalis sp. (treehopper) photo by Deana Dossey Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) 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) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Swallow (Petrochelidon sp.) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Cattle-egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia semiflava   Half-yellow       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Marimatha nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth    erebidae   Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet       Lesmone detrahens   Detracted Owlet       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Panopoda carneicosta   Brown Panopoda    arctiidae   Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominenta       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent       Rifargia subrotata   Small Heterocampa    sphingidae   Amphion floridensis   Nessus Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave    crambidae   Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Ancylosis balconiensis   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Gretchena bolliana   Pecan Bud Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth       Agnippe evippeella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth       Untomia albistrigella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    pterophoridae   Dejongia californicus   Gumweed Plume Moth    schreckensteinidae   Schreckensteinia erythriella   Bristle-legged Moth    gracillariidae   Neurobathra strigifinitella   Moth    bedellidae   Bedellia somnulentella   Morning-glory Leafminer Moth    cosmopterigidae   Siskiwitia sp.   Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella apicialbella   Pygmy Moth    heliozelidae   Aspilanta sp.   Shield-bearing Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Leptinotarsa decemlineata   Colorado Potato Beetle       Epitrix fasciata   Southern Tobacco Flea Beetle       Disonycha discoidea   Passionflower Flea Beetle       Chaetocnema quadricollis   Flea Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (larva)       Unknown sp.   Leaf Beetle (larva)    carabidae   Stenomorphus californicus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    anthicidae   Notoxus monodon   Antlike Flower Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Anotylus insignitus   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Strongylium tenuicolle   Darkling Beetle       Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    mordellidae   Variimorda insulata   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopachybrachius basaslis   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Engytatus modestus   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug       Trigonotylus caelestialium   Rice Leaf Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Oncocephalus geniculatus   Assassin Bug    cydnidae   Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Planicephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper       Polana quadrinotata   leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Graminella nigrifrons   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus abnorma   Treehopper       Micrutalis sp.   Treehopper    coccidae   Pulvinaria sp.   Cottony Scale    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Ancyloscelis sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leafcutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Neivamyrmex swainsonii   Common Army Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   bombyliidae   Anthrax sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly    agromyzidae   Calycomyza sp.   Leafminer Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    lauxaniidae   Poecilominettia valida   Lauxaniid Fly       Melanomyza sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    chironomidae   Tanypus sp.   Midge    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia funebris   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    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       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus tuberculatus   Quanah Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea gracilipes   Thin-footed Thread-legged Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & eggs) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    glossosomatidae   Unknown sp.   Saddle Case-maker Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Colonus hesperus   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider       Modisimus texanus   Cellar Spider