Although it was sunny, slightly cooler fall temperatures are starting to prevail, much to the delight of our six participants in this week's survey. The most commonly seen mantis in our area is the Carolina Mantis (shown below). The smaller Scudder's Mantis is not so often noticed. Males of both species can fly, but the females cannot. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Oligonicella scudderi (Scudder's mantis, male) photo by Barbara Ribble Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, female) photo by Val Bugh Leucochrysa pavida (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Hoplitis sp. (leaf-cutter bee with very colorful pollen!) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda lanipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Sceliphron caementarium (yellow-and-black mud dauber gathering mud) photo by Val Bugh Polistes carolina (red wasp drinking water) photo by Val Bugh Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm, larva) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail, larva) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak, larva) photo by Val Bugh Atteva aurea (ailanthus webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Phaneta raracana (reddish phaneta moth) photo by Val Bugh Hileithia magualis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Ommatochila mundula (moth) photo by Val Bugh Virbia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Dargida rubripennis (pink streak moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia tertia (flower moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Schinia alencis (flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Xylophanes tersa (tersa sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult, larva & eggs)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Everes comyntas   Eastern Tailed Blue    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Plagiomimicus manti   Moth       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Dargida rubripennis   Pink Streak Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia alencis   Flower Moth       Schinia tertia   Flower Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Ommatochila mundula   Moth    nolidae   Garella nilotica   Black-olive Caterpillar Moth    arctiidae   Virbia sp.   Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Sphinx dollii   Doll's Sphinx       Xylophanes tersa   Tersa Sphinx    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Crambus quinquareatus   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Phaneta raracana   Reddish Phaneta Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    coleophoridae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth       Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Mimosestes amicus   Seed Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bowlegged Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Javesella pellucida   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Hoplitis sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Scoliid Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia illucens   Black Soldier Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Juriniopsis sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Unknown sp.   Ground Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Leucochrysa pavida   Green Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider       Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black-and-yellow Garden Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver