After a light freeze the previous night, the morning was cold and sunny as ten volunteers participated in this week's survey. Unlike most moths, which often create cocoons or bury themselves during pupation, a butterfly chrysalis remains uncovered and exposed, so it must be camouflaged for protection. The two shown below look like autumn leaves. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Frostweed living up to its name photo by Val Bugh Zonotrichia leucophrys (white-crowned sparrow) photo by Sam Fruehling Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Woodhouse's scrub-jay) photo by Joe Fernandes Unknown sp. (green lacewing eggs) photo by Val Bugh Enicospilus sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Sam Fruehling Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Sam Fruehling Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Eristalis stipator & Toxomerus marginatus (flower flies) photo by Sam Fruehling Pareuchaetes insulata (yellow-winged pareuchaetes) photo by Val Bugh Peridroma saucia (pearly underwing) photo by Val Bugh Anicla infecta (green cutworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Condica sutor (the cobbler larva) photo by Val Bugh Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm larva) photo by Val Bugh Zerene cesonia (southern dogface pupa) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange pupa) photo by Val Bugh Pontia protodice (checkered white) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevils) photo by Erik Loza Oncerometopus sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Metaltella simoni (spider) 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) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Egret (Ardea alba) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & pupa)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & pupa)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Condica sutor   The Cobbler (larva)       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling (larva)       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)       Amyna bullula   Hook-tipped Amyna       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm (larva)       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (larva)       Spodoptera latifascia   Velvet Armyworm (larva)       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Melipotis acontioides   Royal Poinciana Moth    arctiidae   Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes    notodontidae   Peridea angulosa   Angled Prominent (larva)    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Digrammia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    meloidae   Epicauta immaculata   Blister Beetle       Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Selenophorus palliatus   Ground Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    miridae   Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug hymenoptera   halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Toxomerus politus   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly odonata   aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & larva)       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg)    mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   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    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider