This survey was a repeat of last weeks' in two respects: Six participants and a cool sunny morning which quickly warmed up. This time we noted a large number of true bugs and some beetles with tachinid fly eggs on them. One is pictured below. The maggot that hatches out of the egg will eat the insides of its victim, starting with nonessential tissues so that the insect stays alive long enough for the maggot to complete its development. We also watched a grasshopper laying her eggs in one of the garden paths. She noticed us and raised her back legs (with their spines) into a defensive position. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala declivis (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus sp. (leaf-footed bug eggs) photo by Val Bugh Euschistus sp. (stinkbug nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus phyllopus (leaf-footed bug) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Merocoris distinctus (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper ovipositing) photo by Val Bugh Mimetus sp. (pirate spider) photo by Val Bugh Stiria intermixta (moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly egg on darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Eucosma consobrinana (moth) photo by Val Bugh Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Trepobaris sp. (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Misc.: Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult, pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-Skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Stiria intermixtaa   Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth    crambidae   Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth    gelechiidae   Hypatima sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Unknown sp.   Scarab (grub)    curculionidae   Trepobaris sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (eggs)       Merocoris distinctus   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Bug (nymph)       Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph) homoptera   acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper       Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper hymenoptera   vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa micans   Large Carpenter Bee diptera   tachinidae   Belvosia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly (eggs) orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Unknown sp.   Brown Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    linyphiidae   Unknown sp.   Dwarf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx