Ten volunteers completed this week's survey under cool and cloudy, then gradually clear conditions. Once the sun came out and butterflies became more active, we saw our first Monarch of the year ovipositing (laying eggs). After the very worn butterfly flew off, we easily located one of her eggs on a milkweed plant (see photo below). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Murgantia histrionica (harlequin bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Neocapsus cuneatus (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Liburniella ornata (delphacid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Euaresta sp. & Neotephritis finalis (fruit flies) photo by Val Bugh Neodeceia sp. & Trypetisoma sticticum (lauxaniid flies) photo by Val Bugh Anax junius (common green darner) photo by Dan Zinn Hylaeus sp. (yellow-faced bee) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes smithii (potter wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tortoise beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (meadow katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Dan Zinn Danaus plexippus (monarch egg) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Metria amella (live oak metria larva) photo by Val Bugh Malacosoma disstria (forest tent caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Paratrea plebeja (plebian sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Virbia aurantiaca (orange holomelina moth) photo by Val Bugh Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Harriett Wolf Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Woodhouse's scrub-jay) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & egg)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (larva)       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Acronicta lepetita   Dagger Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Moth (larva)       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Cucullia sp.   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)    erebidae   Bulia deducta   Moth       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent       Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx       Paratrea plebeja   Plebian Sphinx    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth    pyralidae   Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth (larva)    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth       Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (adult & larva)    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Unknown sp.   Tortoise Beetle (larva)    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    cleridae   Phyllobaenus sp.   Checkered Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Murgantia histrionica   Harlequin Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lygus lineolaris   Tarnished Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (nymph)       Neocapsus cuneatus   Plant Bug       Slaterocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Yellow-faced Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    crabronidae   Liris sp.   Cricket Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus sp.   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly       Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly       Trypetisoma sticticum   Lauxaniid Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Euaresta sp.   Fruit Fly       Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly odonata   aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Neonemobius sp.   Ground Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & egg) araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    corinnidae   Trachelas sp.   Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider