A team of eleven participated in this week's survey under hot, humid and mostly cloudy conditions. The caterpillars of skipper butterflies, two of which are shown below, almost always remain hidden from view. Many use silk from their mouthparts to create leaf shelters. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Eacles imperialis (imperial moth) photo by Val Bugh Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Nerice bidentata (double-toothed prominent) photo by Val Bugh Hypsopygia olinalis (yellow-fringed dolichomia) photo by Val Bugh Acrocercops quinquistrigella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Triclonella determinatella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis agarithe (large orange sulphur: male & female) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Harriett Wolf Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper larva) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (leaf-miner fly & feeding damage) photo by Val Bugh Geron sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Palpada furcata (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Bothriocera sp. (cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Melanoliarus sp. (cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis) photo by Val Bugh Belocaulus angustipes (black-velvet leatherleaf slug) photo by Barbara Ribble Peucetia viridans (green lynx, male) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Joe Fernandes Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimmey Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 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 & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Cliff Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus marnockii) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Land Snail (Polygyra sp.) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen    lycaenidae   Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (adult & larva)       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper (adult & larva)       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    notodontidae   Nerice bidentata   Double-toothed Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth (adult & larva)    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth (pupa)    geometridae   Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Petrophila bifascialis   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Loxostegopsis xanthocrypta   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Macrorrhinia endonephele   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cochylis sp.   Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Triclonella determinatella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    psychidae   Cryptothelea sp.   Bagworm Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle       Charidotella sexpunctata   Golden Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle       Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Cyclotrachelus constrictus   Ground Beetle    dryopidae   Pelonomus obscurus   Long-toed Water Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Conotrachelus naso   Weevil       Pheloconus hispidus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper       Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper       Bothriocera sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Flatormenis sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Micrutalis sp.   Treehopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant (alate)       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp       Atanycolus sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly       Hedriodiscus sp.   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Mallophora leschenaulti   Robber Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    limoniidae   Unknown sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph) neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion    chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste quieta   Barklouse trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly       Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    anyphaenidae   Wulfila sp.   Ghost Spider    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider