A group of ten volunteers participated in this week's survey, under hot and sunny conditions. Many moth and butterfly caterpillars are adapted to feed on only one type of plant. Palms are eaten by very few species, but that unusual host is what gives the Palmetto Borer, shown below, its name. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird fledgling) photo by Harriett Wolf Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Dan Zinn Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri (Texas rat snake) photo by Harriett Wolf Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Dolichoplana striata (land planarian) photo by Val Bugh Pseudouroctonus reddelli (Texas cave scorpion) photo by Barbara Ribble Mecaphesa dubia (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Platycryptus undatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Ischyrus quadripunctatus (pleasing fungus beetle) photo by Val Bugh Oncometopia orbona (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Phlegyas annulicrus (seed bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Litoprosopus futilis (palmetto borer larva) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus cressoni (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Promachus hinei (robber flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus celerinictus (fast-calling tree cricket) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura hastata (citrine forktail) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer) photo by Dan Zinn Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Texas Cave Scorpion (Pseudouroctonus reddelli) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Land Planarian (Dolichoplana striata) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Phyciodes sp.   Crescent (larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Spodoptera eridania   Southern Armyworm (larva)    erebidae   Litoprosopus futilis   Palmetto Borer (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle       Ischyrus quadripunctatus   Pleasing Fungus Beetle    elateridae   Glyphonyx sp.   Click Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Strongylium hemistriatum   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper       Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper       Archasia auriculata   Treehopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly    heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    theridiidae   Parasteatoda tepidariorum   Common House Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black & Yellow Garden Spider       Eustala sp.   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider