Our team of four volunteers enjoyed delightfully cool and mostly sunny conditions during this week's survey. Flies in the family Drosophilidae (commonly called vinegar flies) are best known for their use in laboratory studies of genetics. The colorful species we found this time, shown below, was recently introduced from Africa. It was first reported from Florida in 2005. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phoebis philea (orange-barred sulphur, female) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Val Bugh Danaus eresimus (soldier) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Psamatodes abydata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Anticarsia gemmatalis (velvetbean caterpillar moth) photo by Val Bugh Abrostola microvalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Dargida diffusa (wheat-head armyworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta volupialis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Diastictis fracturalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Pasimachus californicus (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Zaprionus indianus (vinegar fly) photo by Val Bugh Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Tachina sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus zonatus (leaf-footed bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Halticotoma sp. (yucca plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Dichrooscytus sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia parva (planthopper, color variations) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Sowbug (Porcellionides pruinosus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus eresimus   Soldier       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Dargida diffusa   Wheat-head Armyworm Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera albula   White-spotted Armyworm (larva)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm (larva)       Schinia arcigera   Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Brooomweed Flower Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Eupithecia longidens   Pug    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Crambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Amyelois transitella   Moth       Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Lema sp.   Leaf Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Bothrotes sp.   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Scentless Plant Bug       Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)    miridae   Halticotoma sp.   Yucca Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Ceratagallia sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    anacanloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cixiidae   Pintalia delicata   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant diptera   calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    tachinidae   Tachina sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    drosophilidae   Zaprionus indianus   Vinegar Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus latipennis   Broad-winged Tree Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (adult & nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg) araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper