This week's survey was completed by five participants under sunny and hot conditions. Several moths have an effective camouflage to avoid predators: they look like bird droppings. Two different species are illustrated below. These white, gray and brown insects tend to spend the daylight hours resting right out in the open, secure in their mimicry of something that no self-respecting predator would touch! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher, male) photo by Harriett Wolf Centris atripes (digger bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Cesonia bilineata (two-striped ground spider) photo by Val Bugh Sympherobius sp. (brown lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Xylobiops basilaris (powder-post beetle) photo by Val Bugh Lema trabeata (leaf beetles) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Bruchomorpha sp. (piglet bug) photo by Val Bugh Ogdoconta cinereola (common pinkband, larva) photo by Val Bugh Lipocosma polingi (moth) photo by Val Bugh Euchromius ocelleus (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Peoria tetradella (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Gypsonoma salicicolana (leaf-roller moth) photo by Val Bugh Blastobasis sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia candefacta (olive-shaded bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Tarache aprica (exposed bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Nastra lherminier (swarthy skipper) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (male queen nectaring on dead flowers!) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Misc.: Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Nastra lherminier   Swarthy Skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Melipotis acontioides   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband (larva)    arctiidae   Cisthene sp.   Lichen Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Rindgea cyda   Moth    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth (larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Samea multiplicalis   Salvinia Stem-borer Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Pococera sp.   Moth       Phycitodes mucidella   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cydia membrosa   Leaf-roller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Gypsonoma salicicolana   Leaf-roller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Polyhymno acaciella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    peleopodidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Unknown sp.   Comb-clawed Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Erythroneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid    coccidae   Pulvinaria sp.   Cottony Scale    caliscelidae   Bruchomorpha sp.   Piglet Bug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    mutillidae   Sphaerothama auripilis   Velvet Ant    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    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   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs)    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius sp.   Brown Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    gnaphosidae   Cesonia bilineata   Two-striped Ground Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider