It was a chilly, sunny, very windy morning as eight volunteers participated in this week's survey. The photo below showing lady beetle larvae and aphids includes more than the obvious animals. While the yellow aphids are healthy, the round, reddish individuals have been killed by wasp larvae that grew and then pupated inside of them. The aphid shell with a hole had its wasp parasitoid eaten by one of the lady beetle larvae. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Fernaldella fimetaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Melitara junctolineella (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Isophrictis similiella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Megalopyge opercularis (southern flannel moth) photo by Val Bugh Taygete attributella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Thyris sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing) photo by Val Bugh Wallengrenia otho (southern broken-dash: two poses) photo by Val Bugh Nemotelus sp. (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (horse fly eggs) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (leech egg case) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala sp. (coreid bug eggs) photo by Val Bugh Scymnus sp. & Aphis nerii (lady beetle larvae & oleander aphids) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Calocoris barberi (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid) photo by Barbara Ribble Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Epinysson sp. (wasp) photo by Val Bugh Mangora gibberosa (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 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) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Leech (Unknown sp.), egg case Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (adult & larva)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       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       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash    noctuidae   Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva & pupa)    megalopygidae   Magalopyge opercularis   southern Flannel Moth    geometridae   Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth    tortricidae   Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    thyrididae   Thyris sp.   Moth (larva)    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle (adult & pupa)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Fidia cana   Leaf Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle       Plagiometriona clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Sitona californius   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Perigenes similis   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider       Unknown sp.   Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug       Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult, nymph & egg)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (adult & nymph)       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    crabronidae   Epinysson sp.   Wasp       Tachytes distinctus   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Isodontia sp.   Grass-carrying Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (pupa)    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    tabanidae   Unknown sp.   Horse Fly (egg)    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus sp.   Soldier Fly       Hermetia illucens   Black Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    bibionidae   Plecia nearctica   Lovebug    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Norther Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider