It was a hot and partly sunny morning as a team of seven completed this week's survey. Some moths have projections on the front of their face (see below). These are called the labial palps and there is one on either side of the curled up proboscis through which the insect feeds. The palps are often covered with sensory hairs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Stenaspis verticalis (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cotinis nitida (green June beetle) photo by Val Bugh Acmaeodera flavomarginata (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevil) photo by Val Bugh Diastictis fracturalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth) photo by Val Bugh Goniapteryx servia (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia bina (flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia nundina (goldenrod flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia chrysellus (broomweed flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta inornatalis (inornate pyrausta moth) photo by Val Bugh Peridea angulosa (angled prominent) photo by Val Bugh Bagisara sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (butterfly larva with ants) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Barbara Ribble Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp with paralyzed katydid) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Niesthrea louisianica (scentless plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Lestes australis (southern spreadwing eating leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider with gulf fritillary) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult, egg & larva)    lycaenidae   Unknown sp.   Hairstreak or Blue (larva)       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Spragueia jaguaralis   Moth       Schinia bina   Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia alencis   Flower Moth       Schinia nundina   Goldenrod Flower Moth       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Goniapteryx servia   Moth       Ommatochila mundula   Moth    notodontidae   Peridea angulosa   Angled Prominent    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Eucosma salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth       Mompha solomoni   Buttonbush Leafminer Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth       Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Mimosestes amicus   Seed Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    trogidae   Trox sp.   Hide Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Stenaspis verticalis   Longhorn Beetle       Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    cydnidae   Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Ponana punctipennis   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    formicidae   Nylanderia sp.   Crazy Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black-and-yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider