Mostly cloudy and warm temperatures prevailed as our team of four participated in this week's survey. Because many millipedes are long and slender, it is easy to consider them to be closely related. The two shown below, though, are actually placed in different orders, a classification akin to moths vs. beetles. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis trio) photo by Val Bugh Lestes australis (southern spreadwing) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Harriett Wolf Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Val Bugh Achyra rantalis (garden webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Alberada parabates (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia arcigera (flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Scopula umbilicata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus sp. (false skeletonizer, larva) photo by Val Bugh Jalysus sp. (stilt bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Phytomyptera sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Cymatodera balteata (checkered beetle) photo by Val Bugh Platycryptus undatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa dubia (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Araneus detrimentosus (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (millipede, order Julida) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (millipede, order Polydesmida) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (earthworm) photo by Val Bugh Bufo valliceps valliceps (gulf coast toad) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Crovus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps valliceps) adult & tadpoles Misc.: Millipedes (Unknown spp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia semiflava   The Half-yellow       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Dargida diffusa   Wheat-head Armyworm Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Schinia arcigera   Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Brooomweed Flower Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (adult, larva & eggs)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (larva)    geometridae   Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Platphalonidia felix   Leafroller Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    gelechiidae   Unknown sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno acaciella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Leaf Beetle    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    anacanloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    delphacidae   Unknown sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    mutillidae   Unknown sp.   Velvet Ant diptera   asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Phytomyptera sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    ceratopogonidae   Unknown sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis araneae   araneidae   Araneus detrimentosus   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Plexippus paykulli   Pantropical Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider