Cloudy skies and cool temperatures provided comfortable conditions for our seven participants in this week's survey. Many butterflies and moths cannot fly when the temperature is too low, so we saw very few of the former and the latter were mostly just resting. Some moths, though, can warm up their flight muscles by vibrating their wings. The tiger moth shown below is demonstrating this capability. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cuerna costalis (leafhopper just molted, with old skin at right) photo by Val Bugh Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Bruchomorpha sp. (piglet bug) photo by Val Bugh Zelus tetracanthus (four-spined assassin bug eating midge) photo by Val Bugh Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus sp. (carpenter ant) photo by Val Bugh Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Pygarctia roseicapitis (tiger moth vibrating flight muscles) photo by Val Bugh Arta epicoenalis (arta moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta tyralis (coffee-loving pyrausta moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue, male) photo by Val Bugh Anaea aidea (tropical leafwing, larva) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester, larva) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper, larva) photo by Val Bugh Amblycorypha sp. (false katydid, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Moneilema armatum (cactus longhorn) photo by Val Bugh Lycus fernandezi (net-winged beetle) photo by Val Bugh Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper, male) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating flower moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (pupa & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)       Anaea aidea   Tropical Leafwing (larva)    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (adult & larva)       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Schinia sp.   Flower Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Cisthene barnesii   Lichen Moth       Pygarctia roseicapitis   Tiger Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (adult & larva)       Digrammia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (larva)    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird       Cycloneda munda   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Saxinis sinuata   Leaf Beetle       Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    lycidae   Lycus fernandezi   Net-winged Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    anthocoridae   Orius sp.   Minute Pirate Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Neokolla sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    caliscelidae   Bruchomorpha sp.   Piglet Bug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Diadasia afflicta   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Stenodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Poecilopompilus interruptus   Spider Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown spp.   Tachinid Fly       Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    bombyliidae   Neacreotrichus sp.   Bee Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Unknown sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Amblycorypha sp.   False Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite raphidioptera   raphidiidae   Agulla bicolor   Snakefly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips    aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Weaver