A team of fourteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey under delightfully cool and mostly sunny conditions. The deceptively innocuous looking little black dots on the back of the Grapevine Epimenis caterpillar shown below are the eggs of a parasitic wasp. They will hatch into larvae that will feed externally on the caterpillar, eventually killing it. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hylaeus sp. (masked bee) photo by Julie Shaw Periclista sp. (common sawfly larvae) photo by Joe Fernandes Psychomorpha epimenis & Euplectrus sp. (grapevine epimenis larva & eulophid wasp eggs) photo by Val Bugh Melanomyza femoralis (lauxaniid fly) photo by Victoria Briseno Unknown sp. (mealybug male) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (meadow katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Poecilocapsus lineatus (four-lined plant bug & feeding damage) photo by Val Bugh Neurocolpus sp. (plant bug nymph) photo by Victoria Briseno Mordellistena cervicalis (tumbling flower beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Rhagonycha lineola (soldier beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Adaina ambrosiae (ambrosia plume moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Trichoplusia ni (ni moth larva) photo by Erin Cannon Catocala ilia (ilia underwing larva) photo by Val Bugh Lactura subfervens (moth larva & adult) photo by Val Bugh Iridopsis defectaria (brown-shaded gray moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Dichomeris citrifoliella (orange webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Deidamia inscripta (lettered sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Thyris maculata (spotted thyris moth) photo by Joe Fernandes Scincella lateralis (ground skink) photo by Erin Cannon Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel admiring bluebonnets) photo by Dan Zinn Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpole Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Land Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)       Trichoplusia ni   Ni Moth (larva)    erebidae   Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Catocala ilia   Ilia Underwing (larva)    arctiidae   Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Deidamia inscripta   Lettered Sphinx    thyrididae   Thyris maculata   Spotted Thyris Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (eggs)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Episemasia cervinaria   Inchworm (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaf-tier Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Dichomeris citrifoliella   Orange Webworm Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth (larva)       Hellinsia sp.   Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (adult & larva)    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth (adult & larva)    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult & pupa)    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug (nymph)       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    coccidae   Parthenolecanium sp.   Scale    cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    cynipidae   Amphibolips quercusinanis   Oak Apple Gall (larva)    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    eulophidae   Euplectrus sp.   Wasp (eggs)    tenthredinidae   Periclista sp.   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza femoralis   Lauxaniid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    tachinidae   Hemyda aurata   Tachinid Fly    stratiomyidae   Euparyphus sp.   Tachinid Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)       Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver