A team of six completed this week's survey. It was hot and mostly sunny. There are hundreds of species of caterpillars found in our area but only a small number have venomous spines. The Io moth larva shown below is one example; its brittle spines contain venom and break off on contact. Individual reactions vary, but the sting is generally rather painful and similar to a bee sting. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Agelenopsis sp. (funnel weaver about to attack a stink bug) photo by Harriett Wolf Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider) photo by Dan Zinn Araneus pegnia (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Philodromus sp. (running crab spider eating stink bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Zelus luridus (assassin bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia conica (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Pacarina puella (a very tiny cicada) photo by Val Bugh Nemognatha piazata (blister beetles) photo by Val Bugh Diplostethus texanus (click beetle) photo by Val Bugh Aneflomorpha seminuda (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum tamaulipanum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus tuberculatus (Quanah grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Aon noctuiformis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Automeris io (Io moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Rio Grande Cichlid (Cichlasoma cyanogutatum) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Leptotes marina   Marine Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)    erebidae   Aon noctuiformes   Moth    arctiidae   Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)       Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Coleotechnites sp.   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Aneflomorpha seminuda   Longhorn Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha luridas   Blister Beetle       Nemognatha piazata   Blister Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper       Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cicadidae   Pacarina puella   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula Hawk diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus tuberculatus   Quanah Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Dichromorpha viridis   Short-winged Green Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    philidromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    agelenidae   Agelenopsis sp.   Funnel Weaver