A team of seven volunteers participated in this week's survey under warm, cloudy and windy conditions. The caterpillars of many moths and butterflies have a limited diet and may eat only one kind of plant. Examples shown below include the Grapevine Epimenis, Sycamore Tussock Moth, Schinia cupes (Indian paintbrush), and Black Swallowtail ovipositing on Prairie Parsley. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Harmostes reflexulus (scentless plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Conura amoena (chalcid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomyrmex pallidus (golden twig ant with aphid) photo by Val Bugh Knulliana cincta (banded hickory borer) photo by Val Bugh Molorchus bimaculatus (longhorn beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Scymnus sp. (lady beetle larva eating aphid) photo by Val Bugh Anthonomus fulvus (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin larva) photo by Val Bugh Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis larva) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester) photo by Val Bugh Halysidota harrisii (sycamore tussock moth) photo by Val Bugh Virbia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Urola nivalis (snowy urola) photo by Val Bugh Hileithia magualis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Calliprora sexstrigella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia cupes (flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail ovipositing) photo by Harriett Wolf Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Eris militaris (bronze jumper eating wasp) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus & Hemidactylus turcicus (striped bark scorpion & Mediterranean gecko) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Protorthodes orobia   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird-dropping Moth       Cucullia sp.   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Schinia cupes   Flower Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)    arctiidae   Virbia sp.   Moth       Halysidota harrisii   Sycamore Tussock Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Phigalia titea   Halfwing (larva)       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera spoliana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth       Coleophora sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   Flase Skeletonizer Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle       Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer       Anelaphus sp.   Longhorn Beetle       Molorchus bimaculatus   Longhorn Beetle       Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle    elateridae   Aeolus scutellatus   Click Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle    curculionidae   Listronotus sp.   Weevil       Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Melacoryphus lateralis   Seed Bug    miridae   Slaterocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Neocoelidia tumidifrons   Leafhopper       Homalodisca insolita   Sharpshooter       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper (nymph)    psyllidae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    chalcididae   Conura amoena   Chalcid Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus sp.   Soldier Fly       Odontomyia sp.   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper