This week's survey had six participants; conditions were cool, cloudy and drizzly. Mimicry runs rampant in the arthropod world. Examples shown below include a coreid bug nymph that looks like a spider, a Texas bow-legged bug nymph that looks like an ant, and a moth that looks like a wasp. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phidippus carolinensis (Carolina jumper) photo by Val Bugh Neokolla dolobrata (leafhopper, just molted) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia laticosta (planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Dictyonissus griphus (planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Thionia acuta (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Vitacea polistiformis (grape root borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Bagisara praecelsa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hyalophora cecropia (cecropia moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester larva) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva, with ants) photo by Val Bugh Mermiria sp. (slant-faced grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, male) photo by Val Bugh Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Phasia sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, male with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole, male) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx califorianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Rams-horn Snail (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Spider Mite (Unknown sp.) Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva & pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Unknown sp.   Blue (larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva & pupa)    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Bagisara praecelsa   Moth    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Euchlaena marginaria   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth    sesiidae   Vitacea polistiformis   Grape Root Borer Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle       Fidia cana   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Unknown sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Mecas cineracea   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    dermestidae   Cryptorhopalum reversum   Dermestid Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    miridae   Lygus lineolaris   Tarnished Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (nymph)       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Tinobregmus viridescens   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper       Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    coccidae   Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum   Terrapin Scale    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    formicidae   Unknown sp.   Ant    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    asilidae   Atomosia sp.   Robber Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Phasia sp.   Tachinid Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina jumper    araneidae   Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Araneus sp.   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    linyphiidae   Unknown sp.   Dwarf Spider