Four volunteers completed this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. While we expect to find butterflies feeding on flowers, it is also not unusual to see them sipping wet spots on mud or gravel (see the Painted Lady photo below). The insects are obtaining essential minerals lacking in their nectar diet. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Val Bugh Asphaera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa cardui (painted lady, drinking water or "puddling") photo by Val Bugh Grotella septempunctata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Antaeotricha lindseyi (bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia rivulosa (ragweed flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth, unusual red color form) photo by Val Bugh Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm, larva) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Xysticus sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis & Euschistus servus (blue dasher and brown stink bug sharing a perch) photo by Val Bugh Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (argid sawfly) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Euodynerus crypticus (mason wasp digging nest) photo by Val Bugh Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjacket gathering wood to build nest) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Acontia cretata   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia virginalis   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth       Grotella septempunctata   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (adult & eggs)    sphingidae   Erinnyis lassauxii   Lassaux's Sphinx    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Pero meskaria   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Moth    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Fissicrambus quadrinotellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Bud Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth       Antaeotricha lindseyi   Bird Dropping Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Unknown sp.   Tortoise Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Ataxia hubbardi   Long-horned Beetle       Sphaenothecus bivittata   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus sp.   Assassin Bug (eggs)    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    formicidae   Forelius sp.   Ant    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Long-jawed Orbweaver