It was a warm and sunny morning as seven volunteers conducted this week's survey. Most caterpillars feed on terrestrial plants, but the larvae of the Petrophila moth shown below are aquatic. They live on submerged rocks and eat algae! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Omophoita cyanipennis (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Pelonides quadrinotata (checkered beetle) photo by Val Bugh Knulliana cincta (banded hickory borer) photo by Val Bugh Neoconocephalus triops (broad-tipped conehead) photo by Val Bugh Stiretrus anchorago (anchor stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Myodocha serripes (long-necked seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Periclista sp. (sawfly larva) photo by Val Bugh Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth hatchling - only 4 mm long!) photo by Val Bugh Phaeoura quernaria (oak beauty larva) photo by Val Bugh Dicymolomia julianalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Petrophila jaliscalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Galasa nigrinodis (boxwood leaftier moth) photo by Val Bugh Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moths mating) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, female with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Harriett Wolf Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Val Bugh Deroceras laeve (marsh slug) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles & Amphibians: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Marsh Slug (Deroceras laeve) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult, larva & pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Orthodes furtiva   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird-dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain (adult & larva)       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth    erebidae   Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Virbia sp.   Moth       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Scopula limboundata   Large Lace-border       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pero meskaria   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Fissicrambus profanellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth       Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Strobisia iridipennella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth    momphidae   Mompha murtfeldtella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Ataenius sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    carabidae   Carabus sp.   Ground Beetle       Agonum punctiforme   Ground Beetle    cerambycidae   Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle    cleridae   Pelonides quadrinotata   Checkered Beetle    trogidae   Trox sp.   Hide Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Anasa tristis   Squash Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (nymph)       Neocapsus cuneatus   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Stiretrus anchorago   Anchor Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Ponana sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus scalaris   Leafhopper       Norvellina chenopodii   Leafhopper    membracidae   Xantholobus sp.   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly    tenthredinidae   Periclista sp.   Sawfly (larva)    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Unknown sp.   Soldier Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    pyrgotidae   Sphecomyiella valida   Pyrgotid Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    psychodidae   Clogmia albipunctata   Moth Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Neoconocephalus triops   Broad-tipped Conehead       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Unknown sp.   Ground Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly       Unknown sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider    araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx