It was a warm and overcast morning as nine participants contributed to this week's survey. A gall is a plant's reaction to a stimulus produced by another organism, such as bacteria, fungi, mites and many kinds of insects. The numerous types of galls found on live oaks are mostly caused by tiny wasps in the family Cynipidae. Two locally common examples are shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Anticarsia gemmatalis (velvetbean caterpillar moth) photo by Val Bugh Cerathosia tricolor (moth) photo by Val Bugh Afrida ydatodes (Dyar's lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes integra (eggplant leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Scythris fuscicomella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia corallina (moth) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch larva) photo by Val Bugh Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph larva) photo by Val Bugh Eumorpha pandorus (pandorus sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Belonocnema treatae (leaf galls) photo by Val Bugh Andricus quercusfoliatus (leafy oak galls) photo by Val Bugh Chrysoperla sp. (green lacewing larva) photo by Val Bugh Allograpta obliqua (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Cophes fallax (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Aidemona azteca (Aztec spurthroat nymph) photo by Val Bugh Diapheromera persimilis (walkingstick) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walkingstick) photo by Val Bugh Abacion sp. (crested millipede) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. & Hemiargus isola (crab spider eating Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper (larva)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Schinia arcigera   Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird-dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Cucullia sp.   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Grotella septempunctata   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet    nolidae   Afrida ydatodes   Dyar's Lichen Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    sphingidae   Eumorpha fasciatus   Banded Sphinx (larva)       Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx       Eumorpha pandorus   Pandorus Sphinx (larva)       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Eupithecia longidens   Moth       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Macaria sp.   Moth (larva)       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Pococera sp.   Moth       Dolichomia olinalis   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha sp.   Bird-dropping Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Peach Fruitworm Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    pterophoridae   Unknown sp.   Plume Moth       Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    cerambycidae   Oncideres cingulata   Twig Girdler    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Harpalus sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Glyptotus cribratus   Darkling Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Cophes fallax   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Trigonotylus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia marginata   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    delphacidae   Javesella pellucida   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    cynipidae   Andricus sp.   Leaf Gall       Andricus quercusfoliatus   Leafy Oak Gall       Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall       Belonocnema treatae   Leaf Gall    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Pantala sp.   Glider    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera persimilis   Walking Stick       Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Sympherobius sp.   Brown Lacewing    chysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Long-jawed Orbweaver