It was warm and cloudy as six volunteers completed this week's survey. The skin of some herbivorous immature insects is nearly transparent. This allows the color of their food to show through, helping them match the plant they are on. Note below the pink tint of the katydid after eating Rose Pavonia flowers and the Ogdoconta caterpillar after eating the blossoms of Zexmenia. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Pepsis sp. (tarantula hawk dragging paralyzed tarantula) photo by Lee Clippard Thiodina puerpera (jumping spider hiding in its retreat) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Xysticus sp. (crab spider eating stink bug, attended by freeloader flies) photo by Val Bugh Xylocopa parkinsoniae (large carpenter bee) photo by Val Bugh Microphthalma sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktails mating) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (meadow katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus varicornis (tree cricket nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pachybrachis turbidus (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Philonthus sp. (rove beetle, with wings hidden then extended) photo by Val Bugh Callibaetis sp. (small minnow mayfly) photo by Val Bugh Mozena lunata (mesquite bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Scolops pungens (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Val Bugh Polyhymno luteostrigella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Elasmia sp. (prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Omphalocera cariosa (barberry webworm) photo by Dan Zinn Ogdoconta tacna (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Ogdoconta tacna (moth larva, 3 seconds later) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Misc.: Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing (larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    riodinidae   Calephelis sp.   Metalmark    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Odgoconta tacna   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Iridopsis sp.   Moth (larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    crambidae   Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth    pyralidae   Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm (larva)       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus leucomelas   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Anisodactylus sp.   Ground Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    elateridae   Aeolus scutellatus   Click Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle    dermestidae   Unknown sp.   Dermestid Beetle (pupa) hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (eggs)       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Gyponanasp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug       Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Scolops pungens   Planthopper       Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula Hawk    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex sp.   Twig Ant (alate)    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Mallophora fautrix   Robber Fly (exuviae)    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly       Tephritis sp.   Fruit Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    tachinidae   Michrophthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito       Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (adult & nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) blattodea   blattelidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius sp.   Brown Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider       Habronattus coecatus   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula