Eleven volunteers participated in this week's survey under delightfully cool and sunny conditions. Like all orthoptera, tree crickets use only their rear pair of wings for flight. The front wings are simple covers in females, but those of males are modified to produce the characteristic songs that lure mates. The difference in structure is illustrated below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Micrurus tener (Texas coral snake) photo by Val Bugh Megalographa biloba (bilobed looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Eubaphe unicolor (moth) photo by Val Bugh Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Metalectra sp. (fungus moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Leucauge venusta (orchard spider) photo by Val Bugh Araneus pegnia (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Cesonia bilineata (two-striped ground spider) photo by Val Bugh Chrysoperla sp. (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Nodita americana (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Gyponana sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Proxys punctulatus (black stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Epicauta pennsylvanica (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Hybosorus illigeri (scavenger scarab) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryi (darkling beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum vicinum (autumn meadowhawk, male) photo by Val Bugh Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly, male) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus sp. (tree cricket, female) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus celerinictus (fast-calling tree cricket, male) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Polydesmid Millipede (Eurymerodesmus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Marsh Slug (Deroceras laeve) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    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       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth (adult & pupa)       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Cucullia laetifica   Moth (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Metalectra sp.   Fungus Moth (larva)       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes    geometridae   Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Rindgea sp.   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth    crambidae   Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Unknown sp.   Casebearer Leaf Beetle (pupa)    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    ptinidae   Caenocara sp.   Puffball Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    rhyparochromidae   Perigenes similis   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug       Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug hymenoptera   halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly       Unknown sp.   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Nodita americana   Green Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (egg sac)       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx (adult & egg sac)    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    gnaphosidae   Cesonia bilineata   Two-striped Ground Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider