It was cloudy, cool, and windy, but at least the rain stopped midmorning, as five volunteers participated in this week's survey. The order Entomophthorales contains fungi that attack insects (see example below). The fungus caused the infected fly to cling to the underside of a leaf and spread its wings in an uncharacteristic pose before it died. This is all to optimize the dispersal of the fungus' spores which are being produced by the rust-colored fuzz on the fly's body. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Actias luna (luna moth) photo by Dan Zinn Thyris maculata (spotted thyris) photo by Barbara Ribble Glyphipterix circumscriptella (sedge moth) photo by Val Bugh Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing larva) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary pupa) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid, male) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Euborellia sp. (earwig) photo by Val Bugh Nemognatha lurida (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Oxycopis mimetica (false blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Neokolla dolobrata (leafhopper which just shed its nymph skin) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (gall midge) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (flower fly larva, head at right - its skin is transparent!) photo by Val Bugh Microphthalma sp. (tachinid fly killed by fungus) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (wolf spider with young) photo by Val Bugh Euglandina singleyana (striate wolf snail) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva & pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper (larva)       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing (larva)    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)    erebidae   Catocala lineella   Little Lined Underwing    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Virbia sp.   Moth    saturniidae   Actias luna   Luna Moth       Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Unknown sp.   Moth (pupa)       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Macaria sp.   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Glaphyria fulminalis   Black-patched Glaphyria       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth    thyrididae   Thyris maculata   Spotted Thyris    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth       Chionodes trichostola   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    meloidae   Nemognatha luridas   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Oxacis trirossi   False Blister Beetle       Oxycopis mimetica   False Blister Beetle    zopheridae   Hyporhagus sp.   Opossum Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Osbornellus scalaris   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)       Flatormenis sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (adult & nymph)       Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (larva)       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    muscidae   Unknown sp.   Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia sp.   Earwig blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver