Our team this week consisted of four people. Although the morning started out cold, the sun eventually made brief appearances, warming things up enough for insects to become active. If a stick insect loses a leg as a nymph, it will regrow a replacement the next time it molts. The new limb, however, never regains the original size, which accounts for the mismatched front legs on the individual shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa virginiensis (American lady) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Val Bugh Danaus eresimus (soldier) photo by Val Bugh Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Val Bugh Leptotes cassius (cassius blue) photo by Val Bugh Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Val Bugh Agrotis venerabilis (venerable dart) photo by Val Bugh Megalographa biloba (bilobed looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Procyon lotor (northern raccoon tracks) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walkingstick with mismatched legs) photo by Val Bugh Lygaeus kalmii (small milkweed bug) photo by Val Bugh Chinavia hilare (green stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Juriniopsis sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (lauxaniid fly) photo by Val Bugh Falconina gracilis (ant-mimic spider) photo by Val Bugh Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Crovus brachyrhynchos) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), tracks Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.), order Julida Millipede (Unknown sp.), order Polydesmida Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & pupa)       Danaus eresimus   Soldier       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Leptotes cassius   Cassius Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Agrotis venerabilis   Venerable Dart       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Looper (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)    saturniidae   Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Pero meskaria   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray    tortricidae   Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    carabidae   Carabus sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Listroderes sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    ichneumonidae   Metopius sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly       Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Juriniopsis sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider