We had a beautiful mild and sunny morning as six volunteers completed this week's survey. The group of Tawny Emperor caterpillars shown below all have swollen areas just behind their spiky gray heads. They are ready to molt; those lumps are where the new head capsules have formed inside their old skins! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Maevia poultoni (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma civile (familiar bluet) photo by Val Bugh Argia sp. (damselfly nymph) photo by Val Bugh Torymus sp. (torymid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Protandrena sp. (bees mating) photo by Val Bugh Epicauta pennsylvanica (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Dargida diffusa (wheat-head armyworm) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (inchworm) photo by Val Bugh Homoeosoma electella (sunflower moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia exigua (moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Asterocampa clyton (tawny emperor, larvae) photo by Val Bugh Diacme elealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lychnosea intermicata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Chrysodeixis includens (soybean looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Ctenoplusia oxygramma (sharp-stigma looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent) photo by Harriett Wolf Libytheana carinenta (American snout) photo by Val Bugh Urbanus dorantes (dorantes longtail, with tails broken off!) photo by Val Bugh Armadillidium vulgare (pillbug being attacked by fire ants) photo by Val Bugh Planorbella duryi (Seminole rams-horn) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Seminole Rams-horn (Planorbella duryi) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Urbanus dorantes   Dorantes Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Agrotis venerabilis   Venerable Dart       Ponometia exigua   Moth (larva)       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper Moth       Ctenoplusia oxygramma   Sharp-stigma Looper Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Dargida diffusa   Wheat-head Armyworm (larva)       Neogalea sunia   Lantana Stick Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Eupithecia longidens   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Lychnosea intermicata   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth       Diaphania hyalinata   Melonworm Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (adult & larva)    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia rhoifoliella   Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    cixiidae   Cixius stigmatus   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    colletidae   Colletes sp.   Cellophane Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    torymidae   Torymus sp.   Torymid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Juriniopsis sp.   Tachinid Fly       Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia sp.   Damselfly (nymph)    libellulidae   Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Unknown sp.   Skimmer (nymph) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera sp.   Walking Stick       Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   salticidae   Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Bassaniana sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider