A team of ten completed this week's survey under cloudy, breezy and chilly conditions. Before a caterpillar molts, a new, bigger head capsule forms internally behind the old one, which becomes a hollow shell. In the Tobacco Budworm image shown below, the semicircle of eyes on the new head appear as black dots under the green skin behind the old brown head. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale egg sac with nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Eacles imperialis (imperial moth larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue larva) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing larva with wasp cocoon) photo by Val Bugh Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) photo by Val Bugh Cucullia sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Diastema tigris (lantana moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Episemasia cervinaria (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Lochmaeus bilineata (double-lined prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Herpetogramma bipunctalis (two-spotted herpetogramma) photo by Val Bugh Scopula limboundata (large lace-border) photo by Val Bugh Anopheles punctipennis (mosquito with water mites) photo by Val Bugh Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly) photo by Val Bugh Scaptolenus sp. (rain click beetle) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus sp. (tree cricket nymph) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper, female) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Coragyps atratus (black vultures) photo by Harriett Wolf Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer - object of the vultures' desire!) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), fresh carcass Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Water Mite (Unknown sp.), on mosquito Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing (larva)    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth (larva)       Bagisara sp.   Bird Dropping Moth (larva)       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth (larva)       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Condica sutor   The Cobbler       Cucullia sp.   Moth (larva)       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Orthodes furtiva   Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Spilosoma virginica   Virginia Tiger Moth (larva)       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth (larva)       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Euchaetes egle   Milkweed Tussock Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent (larva)       Peridea angulosa   Angled Prominent    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)       Eumorpha fasciatus   Banded Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Scopula limboundata   Large Lace-border       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Herpetogramma bipunctalis   Two-spotted Herpetogramma       Diacme elealis   Moth       Samea ecclesialis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Fissicrambus quadrinotellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus    pyralidae   Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Peach Fruitworm Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina sp.   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Aeolus scutellatus   Click Beetle       Scaptolenus sp.   Rain Click Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta immaculata   Blister Beetle       Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    braconidae   Aleiodes sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa)    cynipidae   Belonocnema treatae   Leaf Gall (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma disjuncta   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly    culicidae   Anopheles punctipennis   Mosquito orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (adult & nymph)       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & eggs)    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasute Termite (alate) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & larva) mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx (adult & egg sac)    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    corinnidae   Trachelas sp.   Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider