It was warm and sunny as eleven people participated in this week's survey. The mother owl was photographed on her nest during the first survey of the year, Feb. 4. Twelve weeks later, on the evening of Apr. 27, while setting up the mercury vapor light that we use to lure nocturnal insects, the younger of the two fledgling owlets made a final appearance. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bubo virginianus (great horned owl fledgling) photo by Val Bugh Allograpta obliqua (flower fly) photo by Dan Zinn Xylocopa micans (southern carpenter bee picking up pollen) photo by Barbara Ribble Xylocopa micans (southern carpenter bee delivering pollen) photo by Barbara Ribble Euphyes vestris (dun skipper) photo by Val Bugh Euphoria kernii (flower scarab) photo by Val Bugh Chariessa vestita (checkered beetle) photo by Val Bugh Ischnodemus sp. (chinch bug) photo by Val Bugh Draeculacephala sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Gryllodes sigillatus (tropical house cricket) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria bifilata (white-barred emerald) photo by Val Bugh Meskea dyspteraria (window-winged moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Mompha eloisella (red-streaked mompha moth) photo by Val Bugh Monopis crocicapitella (bird nest moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (plume moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Eumesosoma sp. (harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx, male & female) photo by Val Bugh Scytodes sp. (spitting spider) photo by Val Bugh Araneus detrimentosus (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), previous evening during light setup Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Eumesosoma sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Slug (Limax flavus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema mexicana   Mexican Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia othos   Southern Broken-dash       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Cobubatha dividua   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria       Eubolina impartialis   Moonseed Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Virbia sp.   Moth    notodontidae   Nerice bidentata   Double-toothed Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea disparcata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Arta olivalis   Arta Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Eucosma matutina   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth    momphidae   Mompha eloisella   Red-streaked Mompha Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    pterophoridae   Unknown sp.   Plume Moth (larva)    thyrididae   Meskea dyspteraria   Window-winged Moth    tineidae   Monopis crocicapitella   Bird Nest Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Chilocorus sp.   Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle (larva)    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    cleridae   Chariessa vestita   Checkered Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    blissidae   Ischnodemus sp.   Chinch Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Neivamyrmex sp.   Legionary Ant diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    muscidae   Helina sp.   Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Enallagma basidens   Double-striped Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllodes sigillatus   Tropical House Cricket       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Araneus detrimentosus   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    scytodidae   Scytodes sp.   Spitting Spider