Seven volunteers enjoyed rather cool and cloudy weather on this week's survey. The larvae of some hover flies (also called flower flies) eat aphids, so the females lay eggs on infested plants. In the photo below, an ichneumon called a Hover Fly Parasite has just laid its own egg inside the fly egg on the leaf. The fly larva will hatch, eat aphids and grow, with the parasite living inside it. The fly larva will pupate, then die; the adult ichneumon will eventually emerge. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Diplazon laetatorius (hover fly parasite & fly egg) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus sayi (carpenter ant) photo by Val Bugh Euderces reichei (longhorn beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Neoclytus acuminatus (red-headed ash borer) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda sanguinea (red lady beetle larva eating aphid) photo by Val Bugh Omileus epicaeroides (broad-nosed weevil) photo by Val Bugh Argia translata (dusky dancer, teneral adult with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Eupackardia calleta (calleta silkmoth) photo by Val Bugh Pseudothyris sepulchralis (mournful thyris) photo by Val Bugh Hypercompe oslari (moth) photo by Val Bugh Mocis texana (Texas mocis) photo by Dan Zinn Nemoria sp. (emerald, larva - head is at left) photo by Val Bugh Ellabella sp. (tropical fruitworm moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Lactura sp. (moth, larva - head is at left) photo by Val Bugh Thaumatomyia sp. (frit fly) photo by Val Bugh Forcipomyia sp. (biting midge, male) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes haldemani (Haldeman's shieldback, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx eating fly) photo by Linda Chayra Hogna sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), large tadpoles with back legs Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Sigela basipunctaria   Moth       Mocis texana   Texas Mocis    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth       Hypercompe oslari   Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (eggs)       Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth    geometridae   Pero meskaria   Moth       Nemoria sp.   Emerald (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth    crambidae   Eustixia pupula   Spotted Peppergrass Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth (larva)       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    thyrididae   Pseudothyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (adult & larva)    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella sp.   Tropical Fruitworm Moth (larva) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    cerambycidae   Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle       Neoclytus acuminatus   Red-headed Ash Borer    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    cantharidae   Malthinus occipitalis   Soldier Beetle    meloidae   Pyrota insulata   Blister Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    curculionidae   Omileus epicaeroides   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    membracidae   Unknown sp.   Treehopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    cynipidae   Amphibolips quercusinanis   Oak Apple Gall       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Diplazon laetatorius   Hover Fly Parasite diptera   tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    phoridae   Megaselia sp.   Scuttle Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (egg)       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva)    muscidae   Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    dolichopodidae   Medetera sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia translata   Dusky Dancer (nymph & adult) orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Tmarus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    lycosidae   Hogna sp.   Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    salticidae   Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider