A team of seven participated in this week's survey under cool and partly sunny conditions. Insect larvae have a wide range of feeding habits. Two unusual examples are shown below: the caterpillar of the Scale-feeding Snout Moth is a predator that eats cochineal insects, while the flower fly maggot feasts on aphids. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Strymon istapa & Euptoieta claudia (mallow scrub-hairstreak & variegated fritillaries) photo by Harriett Wolf Vanessa cardui (battered painted lady - still capable of flight!) photo by Val Bugh Zerene cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Val Bugh Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Laetilia coccidivora (scale-feeding snout moth) photo by Val Bugh Orthonama obstipata (the gem, female) photo by Val Bugh Orthonama obstipata (the gem, male) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing larva) photo by Val Bugh Ocyptamus sp. (flower fly larva - head at right) photo by Val Bugh Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee worker with mites) photo by Val Bugh Pachodynerus nasidens (keyhole wasp) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper hatchling) photo by Val Bugh Lactista aztecus (Aztec bandwing) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid) photo by Val Bugh Largus sp. (largus bug) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walking stick) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper eating blue) photo by Val Bugh Gasteracantha cancriformis (spiny-backed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Misc.: Mite (Unknown sp.), on bumble bee Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Heliopetes laviana   Laviana White-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (pupa)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Orthonama obstipata   The Gem       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Euacidalia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Scale-feeding Snout Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    brentidae   Fallapion sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Pachodynerus nasidens   Keyhole Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus sp.   Flower Fly (larva)    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx