The weather was delightfully cool then warm and sunny as nine volunteers conducted this week's survey. With many caterpillars in evidence, it is not surprising to find some that are killed by parasitoids. The Mummy Wasp shown below is so called because it turns its caterpillar host into a hard outer casing to protect the wasp pupa until it emerges as an adult. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Heterocampa umbrata (white-blotched heterocampa larva) photo by Val Bugh Litodonta hydromeli (prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Helcoverpa zea (corn earworm) photo by Val Bugh Manduca rustica (rustic sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Nematocampa resistaria (horned spanworm) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye larva) photo by Val Bugh Aleiodes sp. (braconid wasp pupa in dead caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes interrupta (moth) photo by Val Bugh Isogona scindens (moth) photo by Val Bugh Stiria intermixta (moth) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Harriett Wolf Phoebis agarithe (large orange sulphur, female) photo by Val Bugh Megachile sp. (leafcutter bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Dictyonissus griphus (issid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Oligonicella scudderi (Scudder's mantis) photo by Val Bugh Diapheromera sp. (walking stick, male) photo by Val Bugh Gasteracantha cancriformis (spiny-backed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Helobdella sp. (leech) photo by Val Bugh Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), young male Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Leech (Helobdella sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Heliconius charithonia   Zebra Heliconian       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper (adult & larva)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm (larva)       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Moth (larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Stiria intermixta   Moth       Thioptera nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Magusa divaricata   Orbed Narrow-wing    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Isogona scindens   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth    euteliidae   Marathyssa inficita   Dark Marathyssa (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    notodontidae   Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)       Heterocampa umbrata   White-blotched Heterocampa (larva)       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth (larva)    geometridae   Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm (larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Euacidalia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Conchylodes ovulalis   Zebra Conchylodes       Stemorrhages costata   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha sp.   Bird-dropping Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper (nymph)    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    megachilidaee   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    braconidae   Aleiodes sp.   Mummy Wasp (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera sp.   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg)       Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver