Five participants completed this week's survey under sunny and hot conditions. Like all arthropods, caterpillars shed their skin as they grow. Just before molting, the caterpillar stops eating and a new head capsule (the hardest part of the insect) forms in the body just behind the old head. This new "face" is actually visibly bulging under the skin of the butterfly larva shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Unknown sp. (crayfish) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Val Bugh Argia fumipennis (variable dancer, female) photo by Val Bugh Brachynemurus sp. (antlion) photo by Val Bugh Xylobiops basilaris (powder-post beetle) photo by Val Bugh Glyptotus cribratus (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) photo by Val Bugh Polistes bellicosus (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor, larva ready to molt) photo by Val Bugh Lipocosma polingi (moth) photo by Val Bugh Tripudia quadrifera (moth) photo by Val Bugh Friseria acaciella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Ceuthophilus sp. (camel cricket) photo by Val Bugh Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) photo by Val Bugh Graphocephala versuta (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassins eating honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virgianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Crayfish (Unknown sp.) Millipede (Unknown sp.) Spider Mite (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor (adult & larva)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acontia cretata   Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird-dropping Moth    crambidae   Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Macalla zelleri   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Friseria acaciella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle    tenebrionidae   Glyptotus cribratus   Darkling Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    brentidae   Cylas formicarius   Sweet Potato Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Aphis illinoisensis   Grape Aphid    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   psychodidae   Clogmia albipunctata   Moth Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Brachynemurus sp.   Antlion embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider