A team of five completed this week's survey. It was cold, sunny and very windy, following a hail storm the previous night. While many stink bugs feed on the juice of plants, some are predators. Two in the latter category are shown below, one with its preferred prey: a caterpillar. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Lopidea major (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Agonoscelis puberla (African cluster bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Brochymena sp. (rough stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Podisus maculiventris (predatory stink bug eating Lactura larva) photo by Val Bugh Lactura sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis larva) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Val Bugh Papiloi polyxenes (black swallowtail, male) photo by Val Bugh Agrilus fallax (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Barbara Ribble Lucilia sp. (blow fly) photo by Val Bugh Paracantha sp. (fruit fly) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Hypsosinga rubens (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Val Bugh hail remaining from previous night's storm photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva & pupa)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)    noctuidae   Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus fallax   Metallic Woodborer    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Agonoscelis puberla   African Cluster Bug (adult & nymph)       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper    aphalaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    triozidae   Baeoalitriozus diospyri   Persimmon Psyllid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Neivamyrmex sp.   Legionary Ant (male) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    tephritidae   Paracantha sp.   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket blattodea   polyphagidae   Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver