The morning was cool, cloudy and very windy as eight volunteers participated in this week's survey. All swallowtail butterfly caterpillars possess an osmeterium that is used to repel any assault on the larva's back. As shown below, black swallowtails are usually quick to deploy the orange-colored organ when touched, but pipevine swallowtails are more reticent, and often do not evert the prongs to their full length. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail egg & larva) photo by Val Bugh Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester larva) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Acordulecera sp. (pergid sawfly larvae) photo by Val Bugh Anthophora californica (digger bee sleeping) photo by Harriett Wolf Myxosargus sp. (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura posita (fragile forktail) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Harriett Wolf Taedia sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Proxys punctulatus (black stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (lady beetle eggs) photo by Val Bugh Hyperaspis bigeminata (lady beetle) photo by Val Bugh Euphoria kernii (flower scarab) photo by Val Bugh Cophes fallax (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper, female) photo by Val Bugh Leucauge venusta (orchard spider) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva & egg)    noctuidae   Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow (larva)       Morrisonia mucens   Moth (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    notodontidae   Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray (larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (adult & larva)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Exema sp.   Warty Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult, larva & pupa)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Hyperaspis trifurcata   Lady Beetle       Hyperaspis bigeminata   Lady Beetle       Unknown sp.   Lady Beetle (egg)    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    curculionidae   Cophes fallax   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Murgantia histrionica   Harlequin Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (nymph)       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Slaterocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper       Cyrtolobus sp.   Treehopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant    eulophidae   Euplectrus sp.   Wasp (larva)    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Aleiodes sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa)    pergidae   Acordulecera sp.   Sawfly (larva) diptera   tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Psorophora cyanescens   mosquito    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus sp.   Soldier Fly       Myxosargus sp.   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly    heleomyzidae   Suillia sp.   Heleomyzid Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    salticidae   Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver