Our seven volunteers enjoyed a cool overcast morning, which kept butterflies to a minimum but allowed us to find plenty of moths that had been attracted to lights the previous night. The two snakes were definitely highlights, although we were too late to actually see the mating rattlesnakes. They had already discretely retreated under a large rock and we could hear them rattling. The minute Frit Fly (Thaumatomyia sp.) was found hanging around a large colony of aphids on potted milkweeds in the nursery area. The larvae of these flies feed on those pests! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Rindgea cyda (moth) photo by Val Bugh Mocis texana (Texas mocis) photo by Val Bugh Charadra dispulsa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (braconid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Knulliana cincta (banded hickory borer) photo by Val Bugh Cryptocephalus notatus (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Sitona sp. (broad-nosed weevil) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester) photo by Val Bugh Euerythra phasma (red-tailed specter) photo by Val Bugh Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph) photo by Val Bugh Goniapteryx servia (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schizura unicornis (unicorn caterpillar moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Thaumatomyia sp. (frit fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnakes mating) photo by Joe Marcus Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), mating pair Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Misc.: Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    noctuidae   Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Goniapteryx servia   Moth       Cissusa sp.   Moth       Mocis texana   Texas Mocis       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm (larva)    arctiidae   Euerythra phasma   Red-tailed Specter       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (& larva & eggs)    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent       Schizura unicornis   Unicorn Caterpillar Moth    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Eupithecia bolterii   Pug       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Rindgea cyda   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    pterophoridae   Emmelina monodactyla   Plume Moth       Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird (larva)       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle    cerambycidae   Unknown sp.   Longhorn Beetle       Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Sitona sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    crabronidae   Liris sp.   Cricket Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant    apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Osmia sp.   Mason Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower fly       Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower fly       Eupeodes volucris   Flower fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    scathophagidae   Unknown sp.   Dung Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider