The weather was hot and sunny as six volunteers participated in this week's survey. Wolf spiders carry their egg sacs under their abdomens as they hunt (see image below). To withstand this rough treatment, the silk case is extremely sturdy. It is so tough, in fact, that the mother must puncture it so the hatchlings can escape. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Manduca rustica (rustic sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) photo by Val Bugh Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Rindgea cyda (mesquite looper moth) photo by Dan Zinn Embola ionis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary with damaged wings) photo by Val Bugh Panoquina ocola (ocola skipper) photo by Val Bugh Atalopedes campestris (sachem) photo by Val Bugh Melissodes sp. (digger bee male sleeping) photo by Val Bugh Eristalis transversa (transverse flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Odontoloxozus longicornis (cactus fly) photo by Barbara Ribble Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Banasa euchlora (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Eritettix abortivus (Texas short-winged slant-faced grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chloroplus cactocaetes (Texas cholla grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula admirabilis (handsome grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Xysticus sp. (mating crab spiders; female eating beetle) photo by Val Bugh Rabidosa rabida (rabid wolf spider with egg sac) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), flying pair Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), tail feather Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Everes comyntas   Eastern Tailed Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Hypena minualis   Moth       Goniapteryx servia   Moth    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Rindgea disparcata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth    tortricidae   Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Peach Fruitworm Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Coleophora sp.   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Chionodes phalacra   Moth    tineidae   Stenoptinea auriferella   Fungus Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    heliodinidae   Embola ionis   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Mimosestes amicus   Seed Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Conotrachelus naso   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Stenocranus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly       Eristalis transversa   Transverse Flower Fly    tephritidae   Rhagoletis sp.   Fruit Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    neriidae   Odontoloxozus longicornis   Cactus Fly    tachinidae   Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Chloroplus cactocaetes   Texas Cholla Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Habronattus texanus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider (adult & eggs)       Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider