Seven people participated in this week's survey, under sunny, warm conditions. Caterpillars are still a dominant segment of the fauna, especially the Eight-spotted Forester (shown below), which is currently feeding on Grape, Virginia creeper and Peppervine. The Redstripe Ribbon Snake commonly encountered in the Gardens is a handsome local variety of a very widely distributed reptile with several regional subspecies. Only individuals found in central Texas have the distinctive dark red stripe. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe fledgling) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Val Bugh Hippodamia convergens (convergent ladybird) photo by Val Bugh Gargaphia solani (lace bugs, adults & nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (dung fly) photo by Val Bugh Gasteruption sp. (gasteruptiid wasp, female) photo by Val Bugh Ancistrocerus sp. (mason wasp) photo by Val Bugh Cerceris sp. (wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (common sawfly larva) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa atalanta (red admiral larva) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester larva) photo by Val Bugh Phosphila miselioides (spotted phosphila) photo by Val Bugh Platyptilia carduidactylus (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus mortipennella (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Lacinipolia laudabilis (laudable arches) photo by Val Bugh Zale lunata (lunate zale) photo by Val Bugh Cirrhophanus pretiosa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), nest with fledglings Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), on nest House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpoles Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral (adult & larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)    pieridae   Pontia protodice   Checkered White       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm (adult & larva)       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Tripudia luxuriosa   Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Cirrhophanus pretiosa   Moth       Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-wing Owlet       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (adult & larva)       Elaphria alapallida   Pale-winged Midget       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Melipotis acontioides   Moth       Euxoa auxiliaris   Moth       Protorthodes orobia   Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Agrotis malefida   Rascal Dart       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia californiaria   California Granite       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Moth       Digrammia delectata   Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth    pterophoridae   Platyptilia carduidactylus   Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth coleoptera   scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird (adult & larva)       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Ladybird    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Long-horned Beetle       Rhopalophora sp.   Long-horned Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    carabidae   Lebia viridis   Ground Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Anthaxia viridifrons   Metallic Woodborer    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Hypera postica   Weevil hemiptera   miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    coreidae   Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (nymph)    tingidae   Gargaphia solani   Lace Bug (adult & nymph)    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Menecles portacrus   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Telemona sp.   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Yellow-faced Bee    andrenidae   Andrena sp.   Mining Bee    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly (larva)    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    vespidae   Ancistrocerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    crabronidae   Cerceris sp.   Wasp    gasteruptiidae   Gasteruption sp.   Gasteruptiid Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant diptera   empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes sinuosa   Bee Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Signal Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Nausigaster sp.   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    scathophagidae   Unknown sp.   Dung Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus sp.   Soldier Fly       Odontomyia sp.   Soldier Fly       Merosargus sp.   Soldier Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated 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 raphidioptera   raphidiidae   Agulla bicolor   Snakefly thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper