A cold, foggy morning gave way to sunny skies as three participants completed this week's survey. Tree crickets are often found around flowers and low-growing shrubs, where their green color provides excellent camouflage. The males vibrate their large front wings (see image below), producing a trilling call to attract females. Although easily heard, determining the exact location of a singing male is tricky because the wings focus the sound away from the source; an advantage when deceiving predators. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Zonotrichia leucophrys (white-crowned sparrow) photo by Harriett Wolf Vermivora celata (orange-crowned warbler, bathing) photo by Harriett Wolf Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spotted ladybird) photo by Val Bugh Lithophane lemmeri (pinion) photo by Val Bugh Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Megalorrhipida leucodactylus (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered-skipper, too cold to fly!) photo by Val Bugh Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa virginiensis (American lady) photo by Val Bugh Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Leptotes marina (marine blue, female) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus argentinus (prairie tree cricket, male singing) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating black flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Misc.: Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Thessalia theona   Theona Checkerspot (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Lithophane lemmeri   Pinion    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    geometridae   Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Leptostales pannaria   Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth    pyralidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla   Plume Moth       Megalorrhipida leucodactylus   Plume Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    gelechiidae   Dichomeris simpliciella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Villa lateralis   Bee Fly    scathophagidae   Unknown sp.   Dung Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    gryllidae   Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider