A team of four completed this week's survey under hot and mostly overcast conditions. Many caterpillars have colors or shapes that match their host plants and therefore allow them to elude predators. The Camouflaged Looper takes a more active role and decorates itself with bits of the plant it is eating. When the larva molts, the debris is also shed, so it must add fresh pieces. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Synchlora frondaria (southern emerald larva, also called camouflaged looper) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false grapeleaf skeletonizer and leaf damage) photo by Val Bugh Tornos scolopacinaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Charadra dispulsa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Aetole tripunctella (very tiny moth!) photo by Val Bugh Platycryptus undatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus clypealis (leaf-footed bug) photo by Dan Zinn Epicauta nigritarsis (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda sanguinea (red ladybird larva) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes nigromarginatus (black-margined shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Trachyrhachys kiowa (Kiowa grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Palpada furcata (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Palpada pusilla (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Centris atripes (digger bee) photo by Val Bugh Mallophora fautrix (robber fly eating bee) photo by Val Bugh Promachus hinei (robber fly eating bee) photo by Val Bugh Hadrokolos texanus (very tiny robber fly!) photo by Dan Zinn Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp hunting) photo by Val Bugh Bicyrtes sp. (sand wasp) photo by Val Bugh Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Moth (larva)       Tetanolita mynesalis   Smoky Tetanolita    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth (pupa)    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth       Acoloithus novaricus   False Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird (larva)       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    meloidae   Epicauta nigritarsis   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Gondwanocrypticus obsoletus   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    curculionidae   Gerstaeckeria sp.   Cactus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   southern yellowjacket    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    tephritidae   Euaresta sp.   Fruit Fly       Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Mallophora fautrix   Robber Fly       Hadrokolos texanus   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    myrmeleontidae   Euptilon ornatum   Antlion araneae   salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    theridiidae   Latrodectus sp.   Black Widow    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider