Our party of three completed this week's survey under overcast skies and high temperatures. The lack of sunshine early in the day reduced the number of butterfly sightings. We did, however, find more caterpillars than during the past few weeks. One interesting find was a Brazilian Skipper pupa, concealed in a leaf. This is one of our largest skippers and its proboscis is so long that, on the pupa, it extends beyond the rear end (see image below). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Tramea onusta (red saddlebags) photo by Val Bugh Poecilognathus sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia parva (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Scymnus sp. (ladybird beetle larvae eating aphids) photo by Val Bugh Erythroneura vulnerata (leafhoppers mating) photo by Val Bugh Anaea andria (goatweed leafwing larva) photo by Val Bugh Eumorpha fasciatus (banded sphinx, very early instar) photo by Val Bugh Pygarctia roseicapitis (tiger moth) photo by Val Bugh Virbia costata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Isophrictis similiella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Alpheioides parvulalis (moth, yes - they usually stand on their wing tips) photo by Val Bugh Schizura errucata (prominent, yes - they usually stand on their head) photo by Val Bugh Darapsa myron (Virginia creeper sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper pupa, head at right) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingsticks mating) photo by Val Bugh Metepeira sp. (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Larinioides cornuta (furrow spider) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole shedding its skin) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Mammals: Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh tracks Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Scolopendrid Centipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing (larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva)       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper (pupa)    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth    arctiidae   Virbia costata   Moth       Pygarctia roseicapitis   Tiger Moth    sphingidae   Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx       Eumorpha fasciatus   Banded Sphinx (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (pupa)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Euchlaena marginaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    tineidae   Amydria sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata (adult & nymph)   Cactus Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (adult & nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    hydrometridae   Hydrometra sp.   Marsh Treader    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Erythroneura vulnerata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis illinoisensis   Grape Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    evaniidae   Evania appendigaster   Ensign Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider    corinnidae   Trachelus sp.   Spider    araneidae   Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver       Larinioides cornuta   Furrow Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Tmarus sp.   Crab Spider