Ten people participated in this week's survey under very cloudy, warm and breezy conditions. Aphids are quite abundant right now. Although they reproduce like crazy, they do have a number of predators that keep them in check. Below are just two examples: the ballooned out aphid corpses containing tiny braconid wasps (each adult wasp will exit its host through a round hole it will chew in the back), and a meshweb weaver attacking a winged adult aphid. The highlight of this survey was the young rattlesnake shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth) photo by Val Bugh Charadra dispulsa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Spilosoma dubia (dubious tiger moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Marathyssa basalis (light marathyssa) photo by Val Bugh Hemieuxoa rudens (moth) photo by Val Bugh Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana (filigreed moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (dead aphids containing braconid wasps) photo by Val Bugh Dictyna sp. (meshweb weaver attacking aphid) photo by Val Bugh Delphinia picta (picture-winged fly) photo by Val Bugh Phyllophilopsis sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Listroderes sp. (weevil, with deformed left elytron, or wing cover) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar on bluebonnet) photo by Val Bugh Hypera sp. (weevil larva and pupa) photo by Val Bugh Chrysodeixis includens (soybean looper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (sawfly larva - the head is to the right) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes nigromarginatus (black-margined shieldback nymph) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryothorus bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), on nest Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), scat Coyote (Canis latrans), scat Reptiles: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea), immature Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    pieridae   Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip       Colias cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Cissusa mucronata   Moth       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Maliattha concinnimacula   Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Acronicta lepetita   Dagger Moth       Apamea cariosa   Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Elaphria alapallida   Pale-winged Midget       Agrotis ipsilon   Ipsilon Dart       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Marathyssa basalis   Light Marathyssa       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)       Unknown sp.   Cutworm (larva)    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    arctiidae   Spilosoma dubia   Dubious Tiger Moth    notodontidae   Schizura unicornis   Unicorn Caterpillar Moth       Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia delectata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   California Granite       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Orthonama obstipata   The Gem       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug (adult & larva)       Eupithecia bolterii   Pug       Eupithecia longidens   Pug       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (larva)       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Honora mellinella   Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Pseudexentera hodsoni   Leafroller Moth       Sereda tautana   Speckled Sereda Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia Moth       Ethmia hagenella   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    pterophoridae   Emmelina monodactyla   Morning Glory Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (larva)    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth coleoptera   scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga farcta   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    cerambycidae   Aneflomorpha sp.   Long-horned Beetle    curculionidae   Listroderes sp.   Weevil       Hypera sp.   Weevil (adult, larva & pupa) hemiptera   miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    tingidae   Unknown sp.   Lace Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly (larva)    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant    braconidae   Unknown spp.   Braconid Wasp (adult & pupa) diptera   muscidae   Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (larva)    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Phyllophilopsis sp.   Tachinid Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) raphidioptera   raphidiidae   Agulla bicolor   Snakefly trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Net-spinning Caddisfly araneae   dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    unknown   Unknown sp.   Spider (egg sac)    araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa sp.   Wolf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver