Light rain punctuated a mostly cloudy and very warm morning as four participants completed this week's survey. The Camouflaged Looper is the larva of the Southern Emerald, a lovely green moth. The debris carried by the caterpillar consists of remnants of whatever plant it happens to be eating, in this case bits of grass and a piece of flower petal. The insect produces silk from its mouth to hold the stuff in place. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper or southern emerald larva) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false skeletonizer larva) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing larva & retreat) photo by Val Bugh Melipotis indomita (moth) photo by Val Bugh Vitacea polistiformis (grape root borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus texanella (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Honora mellinella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Isophrictis similiella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Atomosia puella (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Phyllophaga sp. (June beetle) photo by Val Bugh Fidia sp. (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green lacewing larva) photo by Val Bugh Ormenis sp. (flatid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Argia translata (dusky dancer female) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, male) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Roof Rat (Rattus rattus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), nest with babies Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing (larva)       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Pimaphera percata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria    pyralidae   Honora mellinella   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    gelechiidae   Brachyacma palpigera   Soybean Webworm Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    tineidae   Amydria sp.   Moth    sesiidae   Vitacea polistiformis   Grape Root Borer Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Saxinis sinuata   Leaf Beetle       Fidia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Sternidius mimeticus   Long-horned Beetle       Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller (leaf rolls) hemiptera   coreidae   Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    gerridae   Unknown sp.   Water Strider (adult & nymph)    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (adult & nymph)       Thionia acuta   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly       Xanthomelanodes sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    asilidae   Atomosia puella   Robber Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes apollo   Lynx Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver