A team of ten completed this week's survey under cool, cloudy and drizzly conditions. Not all flies with long, pointy mouthparts partake of vertebrate blood. The crane fly and dance fly shown below each use their proboscis to sip nectar from flowers; they are pollinators and never pester humans. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Lanugo retentor & Megalopyge opercularis (ichneumon ovipositing into southern flannel moth cocoon) photo by Val Bugh Hoplitimyia mutabilis (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Palpada vinetorum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Limonia sp. (crane fly) photo by Sam Fruehling Unknown sp. (dance fly) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug) photo by Sam Fruehling Zerene cesonia (southern dogface larva with braconid wasp cocoons) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur larva) photo by Val Bugh Megalopyge opercularis (southern flannel moth larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Euclea incisa (oak slug) photo by Val Bugh Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak, dead) photo by Val Bugh Dicymolomia julianalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes integra (eggplant leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Rachiplusia ou (gray looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Trichoplusia ni (ni moth pupa & eclosed adult) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus mystaceus (jumping spider, female) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel & rattlesnake barely visible in lower right corner) photo by Harriett Wolf Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake, immature) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 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) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (larva)       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (larva)       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing (larva)       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Condica mobilis   Mobile Groundling       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera albula   Gray Streaked Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Trichoplusia ni   Ni Moth (larva & pupa)    erebidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Hypena minualis   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis acontioides   Royal Poinciana Moth       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (adult & larva)       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth (larva)    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth (larva & pupa)    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth    crambidae   Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Palpita atrisquamalis   Gracile Palpita Moth       Loxomorpha flavidissimalis   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Diaphania hyalinata   Melonworm Moth       Herpetogramma bipunctalis   Two-spotted Herpetogramma       Diacme elealis   Moth       Samea ecclesialis   Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Evergestis rimosalis   Cross-striped Cabbageworm Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth    pyralidae   Arta olivalis   Arta Moth       Melitara sp.   Cactus Borer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Peach Fruitworm Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    pterophoridae   Lioptilodes albistriolatus   Plume Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Anomoea rufifrons   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    cerambycidae   Oncideres cingulata   Twig Girdler (tree damage)    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)       Burtinus notatipennis   Broad-headed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus Kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (adult & pupa)    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Lanugo retentor   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Cholomyia inaequipes   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    chloropidae   Unknown sp.   Frit Fly    empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly    culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly       Unknown sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Moth       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly thysanura   nicoletiidae   Grassiella sp.   Silverfish araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (egg sac)       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus mystaceus   Jumping Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx (adult & egg sac)    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver