After two days of heavy rain, the weather that greeted our six participants was warm and partly sunny. As might be expected, snails were numerous and varied. The Decollate Snail is particularly interesting as it is predaceous on other snails. A pair of Bullock's Orioles was spotted out on the trails. We met a Rough Green Snake that seemed rather dull-colored for these usually bright green reptiles; upon close inspection, its foggy-looking eyes revealed that it was about to shed its skin. One highlight was the mating pair of Saltmarsh Moths. The next generation of large spiny caterpillars cannot be too far off! An appearance by a Texas Wasp Moth (in its outrageously gaudy "wasp" camouflage) topped off a very exciting and productive morning. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Atteva pustulella (ailanthus webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Aidemona azteca (Aztec spurthroat nymph) photo by Val Bugh Toxophora sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) photo by Val Bugh Pangaeus sp. (burrowing bug) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda sanguinea (red ladybird beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Leslie Uppinghouse Eristalis dimidiata (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes smithii (potter wasp) photo by Val Bugh Omophoita cyanipennis (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Helicina orbiculata (globular drop) photo by Val Bugh Rumina decollata (decollate snail) photo by Val Bugh Idia lubricalis (glossy black idia) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes integra (eggplant leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh moths mating) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Eantis tamenund (sickle-winged skipper) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevil) photo by Val Bugh Horama panthalon (Texas wasp moth) photo by Val Bugh Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Mollusks: Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Eantis tamenund   Sickle-winged Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm       Idia lubricalis   Glossy Black Idia       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Eumestleta recta   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth       Horama panthalon   Texas Wasp Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Scopula compensata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    yponomeutidae   Atteva pustulella   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    crambidae   Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth    blastobasidae   Calosima sp.   Moth odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Oulema cornuta   Leaf Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Long-horned Beetle       Liopinus mimeticus   Long-horned Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird (adult & larva)    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopachybrachius basalis   Seed Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Acrosternum hilare   Green Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   margarodidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (adult & pupa)       Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Eristalis dimidiata   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Toxophora sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly       Gymnoclytia sp.   Tachinid Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Hapithus agitator   Restless Bush Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper