A party of five volunteers completed this week's survey under hot and partly sunny conditions. The ants crawling on the butterfly caterpillar shown below are not attacking it. The opposite is actually the case: the ants will protect the larva from predators and parasitoids because they are enjoying the honeydew that it excretes as it feeds. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary, just eclosed) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (marine or ceraunus blue larva with ants) photo by Val Bugh Metria amella (live oak metria larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (inchworm) photo by Val Bugh Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Eumarozia malachitana (sculptured moth) photo by Val Bugh Eubaphe unicolor (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta inornatalis (inornate pyrausta moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (flesh fly eating what looks like squirrel scat) photo by Val Bugh Micromus sp. (brown lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hippodamia convergens & Harmonia axyridis (comparison of convergent ladybird & multi-colored Asian ladybird larvae) photo by Val Bugh Homoeolabus analis (oak leaf roller) photo by Val Bugh Banasa euchlora (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Draeculacephala sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Sphex lucae (digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Polygyra sp. (land snail) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, just molted) photo by Val Bugh Hamataliwa grisea (gray lynx) photo by Val Bugh Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 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) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Polygyra sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Unknown sp.   Blue (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing (larva)    noctuidae   Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria (larva)       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Fissicrambus profanellus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    gelechiidae   Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    psychidae   Unknown sp.   Bagworm Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)       Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird (adult & larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird (larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird (adult & larva)       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird (adult & larva)       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Chrysomela texana   Leaf Beetle (exuviae)       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Lepturges angulatus   Long-horned Beetle       Leptostylus transversus   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    bostrichidae   Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle    anthicidae   Notoxus monodon   Antlike Flower Beetle    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller    curculionidae   Epicaerus imbricatus   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & egg)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea sp.   Opuntia Bug (egg)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug       Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex habenus   Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Signal Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tipulidae   Nephrotoma sp.   Tiger Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher (adult & exuviae)       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)    tridactylidae   Tridactylus apicalis   Larger Sand Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus latipennis   Broad-winged Tree Cricket (nymph) blattodea   blattelidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Micromus sp.   Brown Lacewing    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx    theridiidae   Parasteatoda tepidariorum   Common House Spider    salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    gnaphosidae   Sergiolus sp.   Ground Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider