Ten volunteers participated in this week's survey under warm, partly sunny and windy conditions. The plant kingdom is not alone in utilizing animals for seed dispersal. The mass of flies shown below is eagerly feeding on the foul-smelling slime coating containing the spores of a stinkhorn mushroom. The flies will carry the spores on their feet and in their digestive systems to new locations. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Megalorrhipida leucodactylus (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Leptotes cassius (cassius blue) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nise (mimosa yellow) photo by Val Bugh Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Val Bugh Eurema proterpia (tailed orange, summer form) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Val Bugh Megalopyge opercularis (southern flannel moth larva: close view of spines under hair) photo by Val Bugh Pero meskaria (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Val Bugh Rachiplusia ou (gray looper larva) photo by Val Bugh Diastema tigris (lantana moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola & Camponotus festinatus (Reakirt's blue larva & carpenter ants) photo by Val Bugh Agapostemon sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Synthesiomyia nudiseta (flies on stinkhorn mushroom) photo by Val Bugh Microtomus purcis (assassin bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Taylorilygus apicalis, Polymerus basalis & Omophoita cyanipennis (plant bugs & flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda sanguinea (red lady beetle) photo by Val Bugh Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Dendroica coronata (rear view of a yellow-rumped warbler) photo by Pat Dittmar Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus eresimus   Soldier       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Anaea aidea   Tropical Leafwing    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nise   Mimosa Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Eurema proterpia   Tailed Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Leptotes cassius   Cassius Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Pyrgus oileus   Tropical Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Heliopetes laviana   Laviana White-skipper    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Neogalea sunia   Lantana Stick Moth (larva)       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth (larva)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Choephora fungorum   Bent-line Dart    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Mocis marcida   Withered Mocis    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (adult & larva)       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pero meskaria   Moth (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)    crambidae   Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth       Loxostegopsis xanthocrypta   Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth (larva & pupa)    pterophoridae   Megalorrhipida leucodactylus   Plume Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Endeitoma granulata   Cylindrical Bark Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    reduviidae   Microtomus purcis   Assassin Bug (nymph)    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    ichneumonidae   Trogomorpha arrogans   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    muscidae   Synthesiomyia nudiseta   Fly    neriidae   Odontoloxozus longicornis   Cactus Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Hogna antelucana   Wolf Spider