Six people participated in this week's survey. The weather was comfortably warm and an overcast morning turned sunny before we finished. Mealybug infestations provide different resources for various other insects. In images shown below, the lady beetle larva is eating a mealybug, while the carpenter ants are more interested in the sugar-rich honeydew they produce. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bolbocerosoma sp. (earth-boring scarab) photo by Val Bugh Asphaera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (case-bearing leaf beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda sanguinea (red lady beetle larva eating mealybug) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus festinatus (carpenter ants & mealybugs) photo by Val Bugh Polistes rubiginosus (red wasp) photo by Val Bugh Atanycolus sp. (braconid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Ceratina cockerelli (small carpenter bee, only 4mm long!) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Gryllus sp. (field cricket, short-winged female) photo by Val Bugh Reticulitermes sp. (subterranean termites: soldiers & workers) photo by Val Bugh Brochymena sp. (rough stink bug) photo by Barbara Ribble Gyponana sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Eutreta sp. (fruit fly) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Tibellus sp. (running crab spider) photo by Dan Zinn Platycryptus undatus (jumping spider) photo by Barbara Ribble Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Misc.: Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Land Planarian (Dolichoplana striata) Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.), larva on harvestman Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen (larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Orthonama obstipata   The Gem    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    tortricidae   Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix    pterophoridae   Platyptilia carduidactylus   Plume Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Unknown sp.   Case-bearing Leaf Beetle (larva)    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    geotrupidae   Bolbocerosoma sp.   Earth-boring Scarab hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Caulotops distanti   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Ceratina cockerelli   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes fuscatus   Northern Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    braconidae   Atanycolus sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant diptera   ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    muscidae   Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly    tephritidae   Eutreta sp.   Fruit Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Unknown sp.   Ground Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver    philodromidae   Tibellus sp.   Running Crab Spider       Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (eggs)