It was hot and partly cloudy as our party of three conducted this week's survey. The Camouflaged Looper shown below is the larva of the Southern Emerald, a beautiful green geometrid moth. The caterpillars are especially entertaining as they decorate themselves with bits of their food plant, usually the flowers. The one shown below has used red salvia blossoms, which don't help disguise it very much if it is on a green leaf. When the caterpillar molts, it also loses its ornamentation and must then reapply new bits. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Val Bugh Adaina ambrosiae (ambrosia plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Mythimna unipuncta (armyworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Glaphyria sequistrialis (white-roped glaphyria) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta pseuderosnealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Scythris trivinctella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus sp. (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (inchworm) photo by Val Bugh Polygyra septemvolva (land snail) photo by Val Bugh Arphia simplex (plains yellow-winged grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Chinavia hilare (green stink bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Bicyrtes capnoptera (sand wasp) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Cylindromyia sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Dioprosopa clavata (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper, finishing off a eufala skipper caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Maevia inclemens (dimorphic jumper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Misc.: Land Snail (Polygyra septemvolva) Spider Mite (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Marathyssa inficita   Dark Marathyssa (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia delectata   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Glaphyria sequistrialis   white-roped Glaphyria       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Ladybird       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird beetle (larva)    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    hydrometridae   Hydrometra sp.   Marsh Treader    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-Black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Bicyrtes capnoptera   Sand Wasp    chalcididae   Unknown sp.   Chalcid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon (cocoon) diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)       Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Maevia inclemens   Dimorphic Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider