The weather was warm and cloudy as five participants conducted this week's survey. The most unusual thing was finding FOUR scorpions, all of whom were eating prey (a moth, a shieldback, and two crickets). Although they are predators, the nocturnal habits of scorpions usually preclude their feasting being witnessed. The individuals we found had all been hunting around lights that lured insects during the night. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing) photo by Val Bugh Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Val Bugh Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor, larva face) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary, larva) photo by Val Bugh Elasmia sp. (prominent, larva) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus ponderosus (ponderous grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp, with piece of caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Polacantha sp. (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Xenox tigrinis (tiger bee flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen superbus (superb cicada) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug nymph, eating grass stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat) photo by Val Bugh Maevia poultoni (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Marpissa obtusa (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion, with mites, eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mites (Leptus sp.), larvae on scorpions Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Two-ridged Rams-horn (Helisoma anceps) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult, pupa & larva)       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & pupa)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)       Schizura unicornis   Unicorn Caterpillar Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray (adult & larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    mordellidae   Mordella sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    cerambycidae   Stenelytrana gigas   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Darkling Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Dendrocoris humeralis   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    crabronidae   Tachytes sp.   Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant diptera   syrphidae   Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (larva)    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Xenox tigrinis   Tiger Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Satellite Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Signal Fly    asilidae   Atomosia sp.   Robber Fly       Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & eggs) araneae   araneidae   Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Marpissa obtusa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    gnaphosidae   Sergiolus sp.   Ground Spider