A team of seven completed this week's survey under warm, heavily overcast conditions. In an intriguing interaction shown below between plant and animal, a liberated bluebonnet seed was apparently caught on an Artemisia leaf just below the foam mass produced by a spittlebug nymph. The liquid contacting the seed apparently caused it to germinate, but the root probably cannot reach the 8 inches or so to the ground. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Aedes albopictus (male Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (platygastrid wasps) photo by Val Bugh Zygoballus rufipes (hammer-jawed jumper) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper eating ant) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Steatoda triangulosa (checkered cobweb weaver with captured scarab) photo by Barbara Ribble Unknown sp. (spittlebug nymph foam mass with germinating bluebonnet seed) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus (wheel bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Podisus maculiventris (predatory stink bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Parcoblatta sp. (wood roach) photo by Val Bugh Ischnoptera bilunata (cockroach) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomops septentrionalis (pale-bordered field cockroach) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch with deformed wings) photo by Val Bugh Platynota flavedana (black-shaded platynota moth & exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Tornos scolopacinaria (dimorphic gray) photo by Barbara Ribble Etiella zinckenella (gold-banded etiella) photo by Val Bugh Cremastobombycia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Xylesthia pruniramiella (Clemen's bark moth) photo by Val Bugh Archilochus colubris (ruby-throated hummingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    noctuidae   Tripudia balteata   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)    erebidae   Phytometra orgiae   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray (adult & larva)       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta sp.   Pyrausta Moth (larva)       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth    pyralidae   Etiella zinckenella   Gold-banded Etiella    tortricidae   Bactra furfurana   Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix       Cochylis sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia murtfeldtella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    gracillariidae   Cremastobombycia sp.   Moth    tineidae   Xylesthia pruniramiella   Clemen's Bark Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Anomoea sp.   Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus addendus   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Orsilochides sp.   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug (nymph)       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Coelidia olitoria   Leafhopper (nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper       Vanduzea sp.   Treehopper (adult & nymph)    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)       Acanalonia parva   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    delphacidae   Pissonotus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    platygastridae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    formicidae   Monomorium minimum   Little Black Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Pimpla sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (pupa)    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    muscidae   Helina sp.   Fly       Neomyia cornicina   Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge       Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (larva) odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach       Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach       Ischnoptera bilunata   Cockroach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   araneidae   Araneus detrimentosus   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Zygoballus rufipes   Hammer-jawed Jumper    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx