It was hot and partly sunny as thirteen participants completed this week's survey. Most female bees possess scopae, special pollen collecting hairs on their legs or abdomens. Honey bees and bumble bees, as shown below, instead have corbiculae, or pollen baskets. These are smooth grooves with a fringe of hairs to hold the pollen glob in place. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Meromacrus acutus (flower fly) photo by Oscar Vaz Anthidiellum notatum (resin bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Dave Christie Bombus sonorus (Sonoran bumble bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Xylocopa micans (southern carpenter bee) photo by Michael Knox Nomia nortoni (alkali bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Tachytes distinctus (digger wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Pepsis sp. & Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula-hawk wasp & tarantula) photo by Linda Crabtree Praticolella mexicana (paripatetic scrubsnail) photo by Val Bugh Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by George Ward Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Bill Boyd Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo) photo by Yvonne Karnath Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dryobates scalaris (ladder-backed woodpecker) photo by Yvonne Karnath Libytheana carinenta (American snout) photo by George Ward Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch) photo by Michael Knox Systoechus sp. (bee fly) photo by James Giroux Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer, female) photo by Oscar Vaz Telebasis salva & Arrenurus sp. (desert firetail & water mites) photo by Oscar Vaz Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymph) photo by Linda Crabtree Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Empidonax minimus) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Reptiles: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea), dormant Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.), dormant Paripatetic Scrubsnail (Praticolella mexicana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio sp.   Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia virginalis   Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Marimatha nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Hemeroplanis scopulepes   Variable Tropic Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Peridea angulosa   Angled Prominent       Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Rifargia subrotata   Small Heterocampa    sphingidae   Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   five-lined Glena       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Glaphyria sesquistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth       Friseria cockerelli   Mesquite Webworm Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth       Theisoa constrictella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth       Antaeotricha leucillana   Bird Dropping Moth    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Teladoma sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    tischeriidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    nepticulidae   Acalyptris sp.   Pygmy Moth       Unknown sp.   Pygmy Moth    tineidae   Nemapogon sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle    hydropohilidae   Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle    staphylinidae   Homaeotarsus sp.   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta nigritarsis   Blister Beetle    nitidulidae   Stelidota coenosa   Sap Beetle    laemophloeidae   Cryptolestes sp.   Lined Flat Bark Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites eximius   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Coccotrypes sp.   Palm Seed Borer hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug       Tempyra biguttula   Seed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris breviusculus   Juniper Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Hamana manifesta   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper (nymph)       Eutettix minutus   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper       Xyphon flaviceps   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper    flatidae   Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra recurva   Planthopper    achilidae   Catonia texana   Planthopper       Opsiplanon luella   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlorella sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Nomia nortoni   Alkali Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile policaris   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Resin Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus barberi   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Parancistrocerus minimoferus   Mason Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    crabronidae   Tachytes distinctus   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sphex texanus   Digger Wasp       Isodontia auripes   Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    scoliidae   Colpa octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant    dryinidae   Unknown sp.   Pincer Wasp    eulophidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Leaf Gall (gall)       Druon quercuslanigera   Wool-bearing Gall Wasp (gall)       Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall (gall)    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Meromacrus acutus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly       Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly       Villa sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh fly    calliphoridae   Chrysomya megacephala   Oriental Latrine Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Dasyhelea sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia sedula   Blue-ringed Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    lestidae   Lestes sigma   Chalky Spreadwing    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs)    berothidae   Lomamyia flavicornis   Beaded Lacewing psocoptera   psocidae   Indiopsocus bisignatus   Barklouse trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula