The expected cold front glided gently in, turning a warm, humid, overcast morning into a pleasant partly cloudy day as seven people conducted this survey. Camouflage can both protect a creature from predators and also hide it from its prey. Admirable examples below include three different crab spiders, a stink bug, the Goldenrod Flower Moth caterpillar and the Seaside Grasshopper. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider, with honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Xysticus sp. (crab spider, with ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (jumping bristletail) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Schinia nundina (goldenrod flower moth caterpillar, with seed bugs) photo by Val Bugh Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Eucosma consobrinana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Leptotes marina (marine blue) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma civile (familiar bluet) photo by Val Bugh Melanagromyza sp. (leaf-miner flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Hoplitimyia mutabilis (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum tamaulipanum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Palpada pusilla (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Trimerotropis maritima (seaside grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Trimerotropis maritima (seaside grasshopper - All modesty aside, this is how to see some distinguishing features on a band-winged grasshopper; after this embarrassing portrait was taken, the insect was released unharmed and flew off.) photo by Val Bugh Tiphia sp. (tiphiid wasp, just before burrowing into the soil) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (long-horned bee, male sleeping) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) American Bison (Bos bison), scat Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    noctuidae   Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Schinia nundina   Goldenrod Flower Moth (larva)       Schinia sp.   Flower Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (cocoon)    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Macrorrhinia aureofasciella   Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Ophraella sp.   Leaf Beetle    bruchidae   Mimosestes amicus   Seed Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Gerstaeckeria sp.   Weevil       Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Unknown sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    miridae   Engytatus modestus   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Unknown sp.   Digger Bee       Unknown sp.   Long-horned Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    tiphiidae   Tiphia sp.   Tiphiid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant       Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    agromyzidae   Melanagromyza sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    tephritidae   Trupanea sp.   Fruit Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg)    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips microcoryphia   unknown   Unknown sp.   Jumping Bristletail araneae   salticidae   Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Cobweb Weaver    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider