Five volunteers participated in this week's survey; conditions were cold, heavily overcast, and windy. The weather definitely discouraged flying insects, but recent rains and fresh foliage were a boon to caterpillars and we found a good number of them. But moth and butterfly caterpillars are not the only larvae feeding on leaves. Sawfly larvae (see below) are also partaking of the leafy feast. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Litodonta hydromeli (prominent, larva) photo by Val Bugh Lactura sp. (moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Ethmia sp. (ethmia moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Psaphida rolandi (Roland's sallow, larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail, very young larva) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange, larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (sawfly, larva) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Pococera asperatella (maple webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypercompe scribonia (great leopard moth) photo by Val Bugh Maliattha synochitis (black-dotted lithocodia) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemierana marginata (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Podisus maculiventris & Euschistus tristigmus (comparison of predatory & plant-feeding stink bugs) photo by Val Bugh Gasteruption sp. (carrot wasp) photo by Val Bugh Ancistrocerus unifasciatus (mason wasp) photo by Val Bugh Polistes apachus (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Platypalpus sp. (hybotid dance fly) photo by Val Bugh Nephrotoma sp. (tiger crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva & pupa)       Thessalia theona   Theona Checkerspot       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithocodia       Psaphida rolandi   Roland's Sallow (larva)       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth       Cisthene barnesii   Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Pococera asperatella   Maple Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (adult & larva)    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth (adult & larva)    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird (adult & larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird (adult & larva)       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    cerambycidae   Hemierana marginata   Long-horned Beetle hemiptera   lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phoenicocoris claricornis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Menecles portacrus   Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes apachus   Paper Wasp       Ancistrocerus unifasciatus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp    gasteruptiidae   Gasteruption sp.   Carrot Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    hybotidae   Platypalpus sp.   Hybotid Dance Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly       Unknown sp.   Crane Fly       Nephrotoma sp.   Tiger Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider