In spite of overcast conditions, warming temperatures are bringing out the cold-blooded vertebrates as well as the invertebrates. Although the two of us present this time spent very little time observing birds, we did enjoy the antics of ribbon snakes and a green anole. A young rattlesnake was found in the courtyard, but we only heard about it later. There is a notable increase in caterpillars since last week. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (bent-line carpet) photo by Val Bugh Calosoma scrutator (caterpillar hunter) photo by Val Bugh Cnemodus mavortius (seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Deidamia inscripta (lettered sphinx caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (dung fly) photo by Val Bugh Anax junius (common green darner, exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (spur-throated grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (leafcutter bee damage) photo by Val Bugh Megalographa biloba (bilobed looper) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta augustalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha laboriosa (silver long-jawed orbweaver with prey) photo by Val Bugh Lobocleta peralbata (white wave) photo by Val Bugh Rhinocyllus conicus (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalis atrox) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Amphibians: Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (larva)       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)       Deidamia inscripta   Lettered Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet    crambidae   Pyrausta augustalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth    blastobasidae   Calosima lepidophaga   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (larva & cocoon)    elachistidae   Antaeotricha lindseyi   Bird-dropping Moth    gelechiidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth odonata   libellulidae   Unknown sp.   dragonfly (exuviae)    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner (exuviae) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    scathophagidae   Unknown sp.   Dung Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus sp.   Soldier Fly coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle       Systena sp.   Flea Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird (larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    cerambycidae   Rhopalophora sp.   Long-horned Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus sp.   Carpet Beetle    carabidae   Calosoma scrutator   Caterpillar Hunter    scarabaeidae   Unknown sp.   Scarab    languriidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Plant Bug nymph & adult)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    rhopalida   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Neokolla uhleri   leafhopper hymenoptera   tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly (larva)    Megachilidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee (leaf damage) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)    acrididae   Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph) araneae   theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula (dead)    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    thomisidae   Misumenops sp.   Crab Spider