It was mostly cool and heavily overcast as five people conducted this week's survey. Herbivorous beetles and true bugs both produce damage as they feed, but the evidence is distinct for each group. Beetles have jaws and bite off pieces of the plant, while bugs' tube mouths suck the juice out, leaving brown or shriveled areas. The cucumber beetle and plant bug photos below illustrate the difference. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hibana sp. (ghost spider eating lady beetle larva) photo by Dan Zinn Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar moth) photo by Val Bugh Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (bent-line carpet) photo by Barbara Ribble Ptichodis vinculum (black-tipped ptichodis) photo by Val Bugh Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth) photo by Val Bugh Eumarozia malachitana (sculptured moth) photo by Val Bugh Ethmia sp. (ethmia moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Hypena scabra (green cloverworm) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (leafroller) photo by Val Bugh Mordellistena cervicalis (tumbling flower beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda munda & Cycloneda sanguinea (lady beetle & red lady beetle) photo by Val Bugh Phyllobrotica limbata (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Chaetocnema quadricollis (flea beetles - less than 2 mm long!) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle and feeding damage) photo by Val Bugh Poecilocapsus lineatus (four-lined plant bug and feeding damage) photo by Val Bugh Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Thionia elliptica (issid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Thionia acuta (issid planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Ceresa sp. (treehopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Efferia sp. (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), recently deceased Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Unknown sp.   Looper (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow Striped Armyworm Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Trichoplusia ni   Ni Moth       Orthodes furtiva   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Abrostola microvalis   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth (adult & larva)       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Mocis marcida   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet       Ptichodis vinculum   Black-tipped Ptichodis    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing (larva)       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Pero meskaria   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diacme elealis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (larva)    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Chaetocnema quadricollis   Flea Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug (adult & larva)       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Slaterocoris sp.   Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Cyrtolobus sp.   Treehopper       Ceresa sp.   Treehopper (nymph)    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper       Thionia acuta   Planthopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Neivamyrmex sp.   Legionary Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Spurthroat Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider