The weather was cool and mostly sunny as thirteen participants completed this week's survey. A number of arthropods feed on bluebonnets, including caterpillars, grasshoppers and clover mites. The latter two are shown below, along with the characteristic whitish damage caused by the mites' sucking liquid from leaf cells. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moths mating) photo by Val Bugh Spilosoma virginica (Virginian tiger moth) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester) photo by Harriett Wolf Phosphila miselioides (spotted phosphila) photo by Barbara Ribble Elasmia sp. (prominent) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria zygotaria (emerald) photo by Val Bugh Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Joe Fernandes Bibio sp. (March fly) photo by Val Bugh Dictya sp. (marsh fly) photo by Val Bugh Gymnoclytia sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown spp. (braconid wasp pupae in mummified aphids) photo by Val Bugh Harmostes reflexulus (scentless plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid nymph) photo by Victoria Briseno Harmonia axyridis (multi-colored Asian lady beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Bryobia praetiosa & Unknown sp. (clover mites & grasshopper nymph on bluebonnet leaf) photo by Val Bugh Unknown spp. (meshweb weaver eating root maggot fly) photo by Harriett Wolf Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Val Bugh Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's sparrow) photo by Barbara Ribble Dendrocygna autumnalis (black-bellied whistling duck) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Clover Mite (Bryobia praetiosa) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio sp.   Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale    arctiidae   Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent       Elasmia sp.   Prominent    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar (larva)    thyrididae   Thyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Euchlaena marginaria   Moth       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaf-tier Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab hemiptera   rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph)       Neolygus sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Gymnoclytia sp.   Tachinid Fly    bibionidae   Bibio sp.   March Fly    sciomyzidae   Dictya sp.   Marsh Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph) araneae   dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver