Although it was warm, our five participants enjoyed mostly overcast skies and a stiff breeze during this week's survey. One of the more unusual sightings was a Greater Wax Moth, a species with worldwide distribution. The caterpillars feed on the wax in Honey Bee nests. They are commercially available for such uses as food for pet lizards and turtles, fishing bait, and substitutes for small mammals in biological testing and research. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by Val Bugh Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor) photo by Val Bugh Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Val Bugh Microcrambus croesus (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Aethiophysa lentiflualis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) photo by Val Bugh Cudonigera houstonana (juniper budworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Aon noctuiformis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Val Bugh Bagisara rectifascia (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Euplectrus sp. (wasp emerging from cocoon on dead caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (spider mites) photo by Val Bugh Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Promachus hinei (robber fly eating ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomops septentrionalis (pale-bordered field cockroaches mating) photo by Val Bugh Froeschneria piligera (seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (cotton flea hopper) photo by Val Bugh Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Neokolla sp. (leafhopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Dictyonissus griphus (issid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Spider Mite (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Erynnis sp.   Duskywing (larva)    noctuidae   Catocala amica   Girlfriend Underwing       Bagisara rectifascia   Moth (larva)       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug (adult & larva)       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva & pupa)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Galleria mellonella   Greater Wax Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Kuschelina petaurista   Flea Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Hemierana marginata   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller (leaf rolls) hemiptera   miridae   Polymeris basalis   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper (adult & nymph)    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata (adult & nymph)   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Froeschneria piligera   Seed Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    nabidae   Unknown sp.   Damsel Bug (nymph)    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Neokolla sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Erythroneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Hymetta sp.   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada       Unknown sp.   Cicada (exuviae) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    crabronidae   Astata sp.   Wasp       Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    eulophidae   Euplectrus sp.   Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    tephritidae   Trupanea sp.   Fruit Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly (egg) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer (adult & exuviae)       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph) blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    araneidae   Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider