A cool, cloudy morning turned sunny just after noon as fifteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. All arthropods shed their skin as they grow. This can provide advantages, such as the opportunity to regenerate a lost limb (see Garden Spider below), as well as drawbacks. If a soft appendage hardens in a bent position (see Bird Grasshopper), it may be impossible to extract during the next molt, resulting in its loss. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Megascops asio (eastern screech-owl) photo by Katherine Daniels Vermivora ruficapilla (Nashville warbler) photo by Bill Boyd Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Katherine Daniels Asterocampa clyton (tawny emperor) photo by Beth Kirkhart Vanessa virginiensis (American lady: two views) photo by Katherine Daniels & Dan Hardy Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes interrupta (moth) photo by Val Bugh Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Juriniopsis adusta (tachinid fly) photo by Dan Hardy Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee, male) photo by Barbara Ribble Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Polistes rubiginosus (red wasp) photo by Beth Kirkhart Argyrodes elevatus (silver dewdrop spider) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Phaedrotettix concinnus (spur-throated grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Homaemus proteus (shield bug: they're variable!) photo by Val Bugh Chalcodermus collaris (partridge-pea weevil) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole: adult & juvenile) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hawk (Accipiter sp.) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Emarginea percara   Beloved Emarginea       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird-dropping Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar Moth    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    pterophoridae   Emmelina monodactyla   Morning Glory Plume Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Lysathia ludoviciana   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Deloyala guttata   Tortoise Beetle       Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle       Mimosestes amicus   Bean Weevil    buprestidae   Paragrilus rugatulus   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle    curculionidae   Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug       Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Lygus lineolaris   Tarnished Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Micrutalis sp.   Treehopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Eumenes smithii   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Pteromalid Wasp    cynipidae   Andricus quercuslaniger   Wool-bearing Gall Wasp (galls) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Syritta sp.   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Juriniopsis adusta   Tachinid Fly    drosophilidae   Unknown sp.   Vinegar Fly    ulidiidae   Chaetopsis sp.   Picture-winged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Phaedrotettix concinnus   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult, nymph & eggs) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysopoa oculata   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) araneae   araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    agelenidae   Unknown sp.   Funnel Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula