It was a comfortably cool and very cloudy day as five volunteers participated in this week's survey. Although insects have six legs, butterflies in the family Nymphalidae appear to have only four; the first pair of legs are actually tucked up against the body while the second and third pairs support the insect. Compare the three butterflies shown below, only two of which stand on all six legs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis) photo by Val Bugh Hylaeus sp. (yellow-faced bee) photo by Val Bugh Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Hermetia chrysopila (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Ocyptamus fascipennis (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin) photo by Val Bugh Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug) photo by Val Bugh Euschistus sp. (stink bug nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh moth eggs) photo by Val Bugh Satyrium favonius (oak hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Val Bugh Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria zygotaria (emerald) photo by Val Bugh Hypoprepia miniata (scarlet-winged lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia volupia (painted flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Cyclophora nanaria (dwarf tawny wave) photo by Val Bugh Aetole bella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Parachma ochracealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion eating a cricket) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Egret (Ardea alba) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Misc.: Banded Slug (Lehmannia valentiana) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth       Abrostola microvalis   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva & eggs)       Cisthene barnesii   Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (adult & larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    pterophoridae   Unknown sp.   Plume Moth (larva)    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)       Psyllobora renifer   Ladybird Beetle    chrysomelidae   Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea lecontei   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undcimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    cerambycidae   Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Carabus sp.   Ground Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    membracidae   Smilia camelus   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora capistrata   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Yellow-faced Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Paper Wasp       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Pachodynerus nasidens   Keyhole Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia chrysopila   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher (exuviae) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver