As ten volunteers contributed to this week's survey, the morning began cool and cloudy, turning sunny and warm later. Caterpillars display a varied array of defenses against their predators. Examples shown below include excellent camouflage, long hairs and spines, and, as the Cucullia demonstrated for us, amazingly un-caterpillar-like violent thrashing about. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cucullia laetifica (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Pareuchaetes insulata (yellow-winged pareuchaetes larva) photo by Val Bugh Eacles imperialis (imperial moth larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Synchlora frondaria (camouflaged looper on ragweed) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Julie Shaw Aleptina inca (moth) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia tortricina (bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Lactura pupula (bumelia leafworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Dioryctria caesirufella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta pseudonythesalis (pyrausta moth) photo by Val Bugh Plecia nearctica (lovebugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Systoechus sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Megachile exilis (slender resin bee) photo by Val Bugh Sphyrocoris obliquus (shield bug) photo by Julie Shaw Charidotella sexpunctata (golden tortoise beetle) photo by Val Bugh Chrysobothris analis (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomyrmex pallidus (golden twig ant) photo by Val Bugh Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula) photo by Barbara Ribble Phidippus audax (bold jumper eating leafhopper) photo by Julie Shaw Abacion sp. (crested millipede) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Misc.: Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia tortricina   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Aleptina inca   Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Acronicta lepetita   Dagger Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Cucullia laetifica   Moth (larva)       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband (larva)       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth (adult & larva)       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia gracilenta   Slender Flower Moth    erebidae   Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Melipotis cellaris   Moth    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth (larva)    geometridae   Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Caripeta triangulata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Lamprosema victoriae   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Amyelois transitella   Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Sciota sp.   Moth       Dioryctria caesirufella   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth    lacturidae   Lactura pupula   Bumelia Leafworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Triclonella determinatella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Charidotella sexpunctata   Golden Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Unknown sp.   Lady Beetle (pupa)    buprestidae   Chrysobothris analis   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    miridae   Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    formicidae   Pseudomyrmex pallidus   Golden Twig Ant diptera   syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    stratiomyidae   Cyphomyia erecta   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    bibionidae   Plecia nearctica   Lovebug    culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera velii   Prairie Walking Stick trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Habronattus texanus   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula