Under hot and sunny conditions, there were seven participants in this week's survey. If you love cannas, then the larva of the Brazilian Skipper is a pest. This large caterpillar, shown below, has transparent skin and feeds rolled up in a leaf. The branching white lines visible in the photo are tracheal tubes: the respiratory system normally hidden within the opaque body of most insects. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Zerene cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Val Bugh Mestra amymone (common mestra missing much of its hind wings) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Val Bugh Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's roadside-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper larva) photo by Val Bugh Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper pupa) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer) photo by Barbara Ribble Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx eating another spider) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen superbus (superb cicada) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (pentatomoid bug hatchlings) photo by Val Bugh Scymnus sp. (lady beetle - only about 2 mm long!) photo by Val Bugh Microcentrum rhombifolium (greater angle-wing) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum tamaulipanum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Dianthidium sp. (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpoles Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichtys cyanoguttatus) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & pupa)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (pupa)    hesperiidae   Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper (larva & pupa)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    sphingidae   Aellopos titan   Titan Sphinx Moth    geometridae   Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   moth       Brachyacma palpigera   Soybean Webworm Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia sp.   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada       Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pantala hymenaea   Spot-winged Glider    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus sp.   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver