Six people conducted this week's survey. The weather was warm and mostly cloudy. We thought the Coral Snake was exciting, but later learned of the Patchnose Snake helping itself to a clutch of lizard eggs in the Display Gardens. The dead caterpillar with the fuzz underneath is the victim of wasps, which dined on it as larvae and are now pupating in their cocoons in that lacy mass. The Scale Insect shown below (with an Acrobat Ant consuming the honeydew it is producing) is currently rather common on Cedar Elm. They look sort of like globs of moldy gum attached to the twigs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Perillus splendidus (predatory stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Phlegyas annulicrus (seed bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin with honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (scale insect, with acrobat ant) photo by Val Bugh Spissistilus sp. (treehopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Boopedon gracile (graceful range grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes haldemani (Haldeman's shieldback, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Ypsolopha unicipunctella (agarita slug, cocoon) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth larva, family thyrididae) photo by Val Bugh Kuschelina laeta (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Euplectrus sp. (wasp cocoons, under corpse of host caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Gasteruption sp. (gasteruptiid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon laying eggs into leaf miner larva) photo by Val Bugh Polygonia interrogationis (question mark) photo by Val Bugh Hypsosinga rubens (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Micrurus fulvius tenere (Texas coral snake) photo by Val Bugh Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake eating egg) photo by Joe Marcus Birds: Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius tenere) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch (larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias cesonia   Southern Dogface    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Himella fidelis   Faithful Quaker (larva)       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger (larva)       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (adult & larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginia Tiger Moth (larva)    thyrididae   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Arta sp.   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Endothenia hebesana   Dull-barred Endothenia    pterophoridae   Unknown sp.   Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (cocoon)    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth       Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis conclusella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Kuschelina laeta   Flea Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Babia quadriguttata   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea lecontei   Leaf Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Rhopalophora sp.   Long-horned Beetle       Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Unknown sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Isomira sp.   Darkling Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    tingidae   Gargaphia sp.   Lace Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Oncocephalus sp.   Assassin Bug    miridae   Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Perillus splendidus   Predatory Stink Bug       Menecles portacrus   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Prairiana orizaba   Leafhopper    membracidae   Spissistilus sp.   Treehopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    gasteruptiidae   Gasteruption sp.   Gasteruptiid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (adult & cocoon)    eulophidae   Euplectrus sp.   Wasp (cocoons)    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Neacreotrichus sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia xanthoptera   Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Amblycorypha sp.   False Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider