Another warm, muggy morning greeted our party of five. There was enough cloud cover to make photography a challenge, but the sun appeared occasionally to help heat things up. One of the highlights was watching a blister beetle feeding on Basket Flower. The mandibles of this beetle are modified into two long structures that allow the insect to feed on nectar much like butterflies. Another interesting creature that is relatively common this spring is the pink form of an Acanloniid planthopper. These are usually green. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Acanalonia conica (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia parva (planthopper, pink color form) photo by Val Bugh Macrocephalus sp. (ambush bug) photo by Val Bugh Anasa tristis (squash bug) photo by Val Bugh Nemognatha sp. (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Misumenops sp. (crab spider eating hackberry emperor) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail, red color form female) photo by Val Bugh Gyponana sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, male) photo by Val Bugh Keltonia tuckeri (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper, male) photo by Val Bugh Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk, male) photo by Val Bugh Euerythra phasma (red-tailed specter) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Thionia elliptica (planthopper in the family Issidae) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Amphibians: Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes vesta   Vesta Crescent    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Euerythra phasma   Red-tailed Specter       Spilosoma virginica   Virginia Tiger Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Hippia packardii   Prominent (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    pyralidae   Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm    tortricidae   Cochylis sp.   Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner (exuviae) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Griburius sp.   Leaf Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Chrysomela texana   Leaf Beetle    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn    mordellidae   Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Macrocephalus sp.   Ambush Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    miridae   Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    hydrometridae   Hydrometra sp.   Marsh Treader    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug    pentatomidae   Acrosternum hilare   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus ovatus   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper       Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper hymenoptera   sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroat Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Unknown sp.   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph) blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Misumenops sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx