The weather was hot and sunny as four volunteers conducted this week's survey. Some caterpillars alter their appearance very little as they grow between hatching and pupating. Others, however, change drastically as they molt and age. The prominent caterpillar (a kind of moth) shown below is one of these. The ornate "antlers" and spikes are only present on very tiny larvae. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, male) photo by Val Bugh Telebasis salva (desert firetail, male) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma civile (familiar bluet, female) photo by Val Bugh Argia plana (springwater dancer, male) photo by Val Bugh Cyclophora nanaria (dwarf tawny wave) photo by Val Bugh Scopula umbilicata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hileithia magualis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Homoeosoma electella (sunflower moth) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes interrupta (moth) photo by Val Bugh Litodonta hydromeli (prominent larva, early instar) photo by Val Bugh Litodonta hydromeli (prominent larva, last instar) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis sp. (duskywing larva) photo by Val Bugh Lomamyia sp. (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Phlegyas annulicrus (seed bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Centris atripes (digger bee) photo by Val Bugh Sphex lucae (digger wasp, male) photo by Val Bugh Sphex lucae (digger wasp, female) photo by Val Bugh Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick, male) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Erynnis sp.   Duskywing (larva)    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray (adult & larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug       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       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Fissicrambus profanellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Melitara sp.   Cactus Borer Moth       Laetilia coccidivora   Moth    tortricidae   Sparganothis diluticostana   Spring Dead-leaf Roller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    prodoxidae   Prodoxus sp.   Bogus Yucca Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    pterophoridae   Unknown sp.   Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth    oecophoridae   Depressariodes gracilis   Ambrosia Seed Moth    gelechiidae   Deltophora glandiferella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Saxinis sinuata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus sp.   Ground Beetle hemiptera   miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes sinuosa   Bee Fly       Villa lateralis   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia chrysopila   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Atomosia puella   Robber Fly       Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Net-spinning Caddisfly araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    araneidae   Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider