A team of seven completed this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. Pipevine swallowtail caterpillars feed on plants in the toxic Aristolochia genus. Swanflower, which grows in open, sunny locations is a common host in our area. The caterpillars' color responds to temperature: they are black when it is cool, turn red as it gets hotter, and take on a deep golden hue (see below) when it is really hot. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Unknown sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Conura sp. (chalcid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (root maggot fly) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Val Bugh Spragueia guttata (spotted spragueia moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Megalopyge opercularis (southern flannel moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Garella nilotica (black-olive caterpillar moth) photo by Dan Zinn Stegasta bosqueella (red-necked peanutworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Bothriocera sp. (cixiid planthopper) photo by Barbara Ribble Corythucha marmorata & Gargaphia sp. (lace bugs) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryi (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider looking back) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx with shed skin) photo by Val Bugh Gasteracantha cancriformis (spiny-backed orbweaver, immature) photo by Val Bugh Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider, immature) photo by Barbara Ribble Argyrodes elevatus (silver dewdrop spider) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Val Bugh Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Harriett Wolf Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird-dropping Moth       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Spragueia guttata   Spotted Spragueia Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Hypena minualis   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    nolidae   Garella nilotica   Black-olive Caterpillar Moth    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle    crambidae   Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Sciota virgatella   Black-spotted Leafroller Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Chionodes phalacra   Moth    xyloryctidae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    tineidae   Monopis sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle       Lema daturaphila   Three-lined Potato Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug       Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha marmorata   Chrysanthemum Lace Bug (adult & nymph)       Gargaphia sp.   Lace Bug (adult & nymph)    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Acinopterus angulatus   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Osbornellus scalaris   Leafhopper       Deltocephalus flavicosta   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Bothriocera sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    chalcididae   Conura sp.   Chalcid Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Plexippus paykulli   Pantropical Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black And Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider