Four participants endured hot and sunny conditions to complete this week's survey. Very few caterpillars eat anything other than plants. The larva of the small metallic Euclemensia moth shown below is an exception and parasitizes scale insects in the family Kermesidae. This species is rather uncommon and our image was the first to be published on the web when it was added to BugGuide. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Alaus lusciosus (click beetle) photo by Val Bugh Plinthocoelium suaveolens (bumelia borer) photo by Val Bugh Copaeodes minima (southern skipperling) photo by Val Bugh Libytheana carinenta (American snout, with slightly deformed palp) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (southern emerald) photo by Val Bugh Etiella zinckenella (gold-banded etiella) photo by Val Bugh Euclemensia schwarziella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen superbus (superb cicada) photo by Val Bugh Chariesterus antennator (euphorbia bug) photo by Val Bugh Phlegyas abbreviatus (seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Lomamyia sp. (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Leptomantispa pulchella (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (dragonfly exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Erpetogomphus designatus (eastern ringtail) photo by Val Bugh Dythemis fugax (checkered setwing, with red water mite larvae) photo by Val Bugh Toxophora sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Saropogon sp. (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Trielis octomaculata (scoliid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Sphex lucae (digger wasp, with paralyzed shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Water Mite (Arrenurus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling    noctuidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    geometridae   Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Etiella zinckenella   Gold-banded Etiella       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    psychidae   Unknown sp.   Bagworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Euclemensia schwarziella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Chilocorus stigma   Twice-stabbed Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Chrysomela texana   Leaf Beetle    bruchidae   Mimosestes amicus   Seed Beetle    cerambycidae   Stenelytrana gigas   Long-horned Beetle       Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer       Sternidius mimeticus   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle    elateridae   Alaus lusciosus   Click Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    curculionidae   Tyloderma foveolatum   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas abbreviatus   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada       Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    pompilidae   Tachypompilus unicolor   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Trielis octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    chrysididae   Unknown sp.   Cuckoo Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   bombyliidae   Toxophora sp.   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly       Unknown sp.   Satellite Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Saropogon sp.   Robber Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Unknown sp.   Skimmer (exuviae)    gomphidae   Erpetogomphus designatus   Eastern Ringtail orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius sp.   Brown Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Brachynemurus sp.   Antlion    mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver