Our six volunteers had a shortened survey this week due to the rain that started midmorning. Pillbugs are always present in the gardens, but we usually do not list them unless they are doing something unusual or notable. This time we found one being carried by an ant that actually specializes in feeding on terrestrial isopods. In another case, an ant was investigating a pair of pillbugs that were in the preliminary stages of mating, where the male licks the female's head and taps his feet on her back. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mecaphesa celer (crab spiders mating, the male is the small one) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Pimaphera percata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypoprepia miniata (scarlet-winged lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Catocala micronympha (little nymph underwing, color variations) photo by Val Bugh Laetilia coccidivora (moth, whose larvae feed on cochineal insects) photo by Val Bugh Eustixia pupula (spotted peppergrass moth) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary larva ready to pupate) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary pupa) photo by Val Bugh Agrilus obtusus (metallic woodboring beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Neacoryphus bicrucis (white-crossed seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Triatoma sp. (kissing bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Tylospilus acutissimus (predatory stink bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Leptogenys elongata (ant with pillbug) photo by Val Bugh Armadillidium vulgare (pillbugs mating, with acrobat ant watching) photo by Val Bugh Amblycorypha huasteca (Texas false katydid nymph, just molted) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Flycatcher (Myiarchus sp.) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Misc.: Marsh Slug (Deroceras laeve) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing       Acontia cretata   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Rindgea parcata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug (larva)       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Eustixia pupula   Spotted Peppergrass Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Laetilia coccidivora   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Unknown sp.   Leaf-roller Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Pseudogalleria inimicella   Inimical Borer Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    prodoxidae   Prodoxus sp.   Bogus Yucca Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    buprestidae   Agrilus obtusus   Metallic Woodborer    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Ilnacora sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Triatoma sp.   Kissing Bug (nymph)    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug    lygaeidae   Neacoryphus bicrucis   White-crossed Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    pentatomidae   Tylospilus acutissimus   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)       Thionia acuta   Planthopper       Thionia sp.   Planthopper (nymph)    caliscelidae   Bruchomorpha sp.   Piglet Bug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    dryinidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp (larva)    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    eulophidae   Euplectrus sp.   Wasp (adult & pupa)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa)    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia chrysopila   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Atomosia puella   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner (exuviae) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa celer   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider