Conditions were cold and sunny as a team of four completed this week's survey. Although the temperature had risen by the time we finished, there was still a dearth of flying insects. Both butterfly and moth caterpillars pupate before becoming adults. Butterflies never make a silk cocoon around their pupa, which is called a chrysalis, but some moths do. The examples below show two very distinctive moth cocoons compared to a typical butterfly chrysalis. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Eritettix abortivus (an unusually colorful Texas short-winged slant-faced grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Lactista aztecus (Aztec bandwing nymph) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak, too cold to fly!) photo by Val Bugh Eupackardia calleta, Megalopyge opercularis & Euptoieta claudia (calleta silkmoth & southern flannel moth cocoons & variegated fritillary chrysalis) photo by Val Bugh Dargida diffusa (wheat-head armyworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Ellabella editha (tropical fruitworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) photo by Val Bugh Orthonama obstipata (the gem) photo by Val Bugh Lycia ypsilon (woolly gray) photo by Val Bugh Tornos scolopacinaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Chrysoperla sp. (green lacewing, winter color form) photo by Val Bugh Agulla bicolor (snakefly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 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) Misc.: Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva & pupa)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Dargida diffusa   Wheat-head Armyworm Moth    geometridae   Eupithecia bolterii   Pug Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Orthonama obstipata   The Gem       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth    saturniidae   Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth (pupa)       Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth (pupa)    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella melanoclista   Tropical Fruitworm Moth       Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla   Plume Moth homoptera   aleyrodidae   Aleuroplatus ovatus   Whitefly hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly       Nephrotoma sp.   Tiger Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing raphidioptera   raphidiidae   Agulla bicolor   Snakefly