Conditions were warm and overcast, with occasional light drizzle as eight volunteers participated in this week's survey. Beetles (coleoptera) and bugs (hemiptera) might look superficially similar, but they are not closely related. Their many differences include mating position. As shown below, beetles often mate with the male on top, while bugs usually line up back-to-back. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Trirhabda bacharidis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Anthonomus fulvus (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Chrysobothris sp. (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Trichiotinus texanus (Texas flower scarab) photo by Val Bugh Phydanis bicolor (flea beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Catorhintha selector (coreid bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Prosapia bicincta (two-lined spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Oncometopia clarior (leafhopper & exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Lomamyia sp. (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Bubo virginianus (great horned owl nestlings) photo by Barbara Ribble Mimetus sp. (pirate spider eating midge) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (spider wasp dragging paralyzed wolf spider) photo by Harriett Wolf Diastema tigris (lantana moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Zale lunata (lunate zale larva) photo by Val Bugh Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail larva & swallowtail sp. egg) photo by Val Bugh Tarache quadriplaga (bird-dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Cochylis sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Dan Zinn Oecanthus fultoni (snowy tree cricket nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), eggs hatching Cliff Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus marnockii), heard calls Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & larva)       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio sp.   Swallowtail (egg)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband (adult & larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale (larva)       Goniapteryx servia   Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth (larva)       Scopula compensata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth (adult & larva)       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth       Deltophora sella   Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult, larva & pupa)       Chilocorus cacti   Cactus Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Trirhabda bacharidis   Leaf Beetle       Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle       Fidia cana   Leaf Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Phydanis bicolor   Flea Beetle    buprestidae   Chrysobothris sp.   Metallic Woodborer    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Unknown sp.   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   firefly    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (nymph)       Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)       Oncocephalus sp.   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus tristigmus   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (sp.)       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Chinavia marginata   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper       Oncometopia sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (eggs)    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)       Entylia carinata   Treehopper       Acutalis sp.   Treehopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Ptilodexia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Microphthalma disjuncta   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus fultoni   Snowy Tree Cricket (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing    mantispidae   Unknown sp.   Mantisfly trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    salticidae   Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider