With the arrival of a cool front the previous day, the weather was delightfully mild and sunny as eight volunteers conducted this week's survey. As autumn approaches, several arthropods are completing their annual life cycle. The swollen abdomens of the female Garden Spider, Green Lynx and Carolina Mantis shown below indicate they are ready to lay their eggs. By the time the weather turns cold, they will die. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Asphaera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Olla v-nigrum (ashy gray lady beetle: 2 color forms) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx, immature female) photo by Dan Zinn Peucetia viridans (green lynx, gravid female) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Shervone Mayes Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis) photo by Barbara Ribble Arphia sp. (band-winged grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Shervone Mayes Orchelimum silvaticum (long-spurred meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Harriett Wolf Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail pupa) photo by Val Bugh Pemphigus populitransversus (poplar petiole-gall aphid gall) photo by Val Bugh Neodeceia sp. (lauxaniid fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (gall midge) photo by Val Bugh Peruveleon dorsalis (antlion) photo by Val Bugh Tramea lacerata (black saddlebags) photo by Val Bugh Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Barbara Ribble Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog eggs) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & eggs Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & egg)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & pupa)       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Pemphigus populitransversus   Poplar Petiole-gall Aphid (gall) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    bibionidae   Plecia nearctica   Lovebug    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Peruveleon dorsalis   Antlion araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx