Nine people participated this time. The morning was foggy and warm, with calm winds, later turning partly sunny. Highlights included the snakes, imperial moth caterpillar, and scorpionflies. The latter are unusual insects that superficially resemble moths. They have long snouts that are used to scavenge prey caught in spider webs. The male has an extension on its tail that is reminiscent of a scorpion's stinger; however, it cannot sting - these insects are harmless. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cyclocephala sp. (masked chafer) photo by Val Bugh Scaptolenus sp. (rain click beetle) photo by Val Bugh Chelymorpha cassidea (argus tortoise beetle) photo by Val Bugh Chrysolina auripennis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Armadillidium vulgare (pillbug, underside) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus clypealis (leaf-footed bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (cuckoo wasp) photo by Val Bugh Hoplitimyia mutabilis (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Megalopyge opercularis (puss caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Eacles imperialis (imperial moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Oligonicella scudderi (Scudder's mantis, female) photo by Val Bugh Pero meskaria (moth, family Geometridae) photo by Val Bugh Pselnophorus belfragei (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Hippiscus ocelote(wrinkled grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Storeria dekayi texana (Texas brown snake) photo by Val Bugh Pituophis melanoleucus sayi (bullsnake) photo by David Ross Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly, female) photo by Val Bugh Eantis tamenund (sickle-winged skipper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Qiuscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Meadowlark (Sturnella sp.) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi texana) Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi) Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Eantis tamenund   Sickle-winged Skipper    noctuidae   Agrotis venerabilis   Venerable Dart       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth (larva)       Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Puss Caterpillar    geometridae   Lychnosea intermicata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Pero meskaria   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    pyralidae   Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth    elachistidae   Antaeotricha lindseyi   Bird-dropping Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth       Hellinsia sp.   Plume Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Blepharida rhois   Sumac Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Chelymorpha cassidea   Argus Tortoise Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Scaptolenus sp.   Rain Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes aurifer   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    chrysididae   Unknown sp.   Cuckoo Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp       Poecilopompilus interruptus   Spider Wasp    apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   heteronemiidae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walkingstick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Eustala sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx