A team of six participated in this week's survey under warm and sunny conditions. Caterpillars have numerous ways they avoid or deter their predators, including (shown below) false eyespots, building retreats of leaves or silk, and matching their host plant color. Sometimes, though, their defenses fail them and they just get eaten (also shown below). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf Nemognatha sp. (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Archips semiferana (oak leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia roseosuffusella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypena minualis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Zale edusina (moth) photo by Val Bugh Archirhoe neomexicana (moth) photo by Dan Zinn Prochoerodes lineola (large maple spanworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Nematocampa resistaria (horned spanworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Dan Zinn Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by Barbara Ribble Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange pupa) photo by Val Bugh Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Anaea aidea (tropical leafwing larva in retreat) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa cardui (painted lady larva in webbing) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Arilis cristatus (wheel bug nymph eating common buckeye larva) photo by Val Bugh Megachile sp. (leafcutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Delphinia picta (picture-winged fly) photo by Val Bugh Scleropogon sp. (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult, larva & pupa)       Anaea aidea   Tropical Leafwing (larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & pupa)       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Hypena minualis   Moth       Caeunurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Zale edusina   Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Archirhoe neomexicana   Moth       Disclisioprocta stellata   Somber Carpet       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth    tortricidae   Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Aristotelia roseosuffusella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    mutillidae   Sphaeropthalma auripilis   Velvet Ant    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly    asilidae   Scleropogon sp.   Robber Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    lycosidae   Pirata sp.   Wolf Spider    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider    gnaphosidae   Zelotes sp.   Ground Spider