Our five participants enjoyed mostly cloudy warm weather during this week's survey. Caterpillars can sometimes have a very hard life. The Monarch shown below was harrassed by a tiny parasitic wasp which caused the caterpillar to twitch and jerk around. The Yellow-striped Armyworm (also pictured below) had it even worse; it not only had a large cluster of wasp larvae feeding on it, but there were also four tachinid fly eggs. The maggots that hatch out of those eggs will feed internally on their victim. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Palpita quadristigmalis (four-spotted palpita) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar moth) photo by Val Bugh Battaristis sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch larva preparing to pupate, with parasitic wasp) photo by Val Bugh Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm with wasp larvae & tachinid fly eggs) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common pug larva) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus carolinensis (Carolina jumper) photo by Val Bugh Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer) photo by Val Bugh Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) photo by Val Bugh Anthonomus fulvus (weevil covered with pollen) photo by Val Bugh Rivellia sp. (signal fly) photo by Val Bugh Calocoris barberi (plant bug, newly molted and with normal coloring) photo by Val Bugh Mecidea major (grass stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Spissistilus sp. (treehopper, color variations) photo by Val Bugh Paracyrtophyllus robustus (truncated true katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Crematogaster sp. (acrobat ants feeding on sap) photo by Val Bugh Polistes bellicosus (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), adult & nestling Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Roof Rat (Rattus rattus), being eaten by rattlesnake Reptiles & Amphibians: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), eating roof rat Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult, pupa & larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Pontia protodice   Checkered White (adult & larva)       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur (adult & larva)       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm (larva)       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Himella fidelis   Faithful Quaker (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (adult & larva)       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Unknown sp.   Looper (larva)       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Iridopsis gemella   Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug (larva)       Eupithecia longidens   Pug    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    crambidae   Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Arta epicoenalis   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth    gelechiidae   Syncopacma adversa   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea lecontei   Leaf Beetle       Brachycoryna pumila   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird (adult & pupa)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    cerambycidae   Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   metallic Woodborer    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    dermestidae   Cryptorhopalum sp.   Dermestid Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    carabidae   Carabus sylvosus   Ground Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    brentidae   Cylas formicarius   Sweet Potato Weevil    curculionidae   Sphenophorus sp.   Weevil       Hypera postica   Weevil       Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma sp.   Yucca Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Hymenarcys nervosa   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca sp.   Sharpshooter (nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Texananus ovatus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)       Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    membracidae   Ophiderma sp.   Treehopper       Spissistilus sp.   Treehopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    eulophidae   Euplectrus spp.   Wasp (larva & pupa)    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Signal Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly (egg) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg) raphidioptera   raphidiidae   Agulla bicolor   Snakefly trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Spider Egg Sac    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider