A team of eleven participated in this week's survey. The weather was warm, mostly cloudy, and included light rain as a cool front moved into the area. Parasitoids are parasites that eventually kill their host. In examples shown below, the wasps that developed in the caterpillar, and the fungus that did the same to the gall midge, both fed on the victim and, to optimize their own survival, controlled its behavior. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blues mating) photo by Val Bugh Eurema proterpia (tailed orange) photo by Val Bugh Psamatodes abydata (dot-lined angle) photo by Val Bugh Rindgea subterminata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Goniapteryx servia (moth) photo by Val Bugh Mompha sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia nundina (goldenrod flower moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Condica videns & Microplitis sp. (white-dotted groundling larva & braconid wasp cocoons) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus femurrubrum (red-legged grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Trigonotylus sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica balteata (banded cucumber beetle) photo by Val Bugh Lomamyia sp. (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (gall midge killed by fungus) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes sp. (potter wasp nest) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (long-legged mite) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Long-legged Mite (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult, larva & pupa)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & larva)       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema proterpia   Tailed Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (adult & larva)       Heliopetes laviana   Laviana White-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth (larva)       Schinia nundina   Goldenrod Flower Moth (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling (larva)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth    erebidae   Goniapteryx servia   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (adult & larva)       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)       Xylophanes tersa   Tersa Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Rindgea subterminata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus Moth       Fissicrambus profanellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Donacaula sp.   Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eucosma sp.   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    momphidae   Mompha sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Axion plagiatum   Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica balteata   Banded Cucumber Beetle       Algarobius bottimeri   Seed Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle       Epicauta sp.   Blister Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    lygaeidae   Neortholomus scolopax   Seed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & egg)       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug       Trigonotylus sp.   Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    flatidae   Flatormenis sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nest)    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    braconidae   Microplitis sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Oecanthus niveus   Narrow-winged Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly psocoptera   psocidae   Unknown sp.   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver