A team of three participated in this week's survey under warm, overcast conditions with intermittent light rain. The pair of tree crickets shown below are engaged in an unusual behavior characteristic of this genus. They have mated, as the small round spermatophore hanging from the rear of the female indicates, and the male is continuing to sing while the female sips a secretion from the metanotal gland located behind the base of his raised front wings. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Oecanthus argentinus (prairie tree cricket pair) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (spider wasp) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes fusiformis (rather wet darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia parva (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Mecidea major (grass stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Oebalus pugnax (rice stink bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Manduca rustica (rustic sphinx larva - 4 inches long!) photo by Val Bugh Tarache quadriplaga (bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Ctenoplusia oxygramma (sharp-stigma looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Agrotis venerabilis (venerable dart) photo by Val Bugh Tathorhynchus exsiccata (alfalfa looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Anomis illita (okra leafworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Scopula umbilicata (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Atteva aurea (ailanthus webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes integra (eggplant leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Mompha murtfeldtella (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Mecaphesa dubia & Colias eurytheme (crab spider & orange sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Helicina orbiculata (globular drop) photo by Val Bugh Corvus corax (common raven vocalizing) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Misc.: Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Land Snail (Succinea sp.) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & pupa)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Agrotis venerabilis   Venerable Dart       Ctenoplusia oxygramma   Sharp-stigma Looper Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia nundina   Goldenrod Flower Moth (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Tathorhynchus exsiccata   Alfalfa Looper Moth       Anomis illita   Okra Leafworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)       Pero meskaria   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave    crambidae   Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Oenobotys sp.   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth    tortricidae   Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Peach Fruitworm Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Chionodes sp.   Moth    momphidae   Mompha murtfeldtella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes fusiformis   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Cyclotrachelus sp.   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Hypera postica   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Parthenicus sp.   Plant Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    pentatomidae   Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug (nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum sp.   Meadowhawk       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider