The weather was cool, partly sunny and breezy as twelve volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Lacewing and antlion larvae (see images below) feed on soft-bodied insects, spiders and eggs. They puncture their prey with hollow mandibles, injecting digestive juices and sucking out nutrients. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Neacreotrichus sp. (bee fly) photo by Julie Shaw Cephalochrysa sp. (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Tabanus sp. (horse fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Stiretrus anchorago (anchor stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Clastoptera xanthocephala (sunflower spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Agrilus ornatulus (metallic woodborer) photo by Val Bugh Brachypnoea lecontei (leaf beetles) photo by Joe Fernandes Myrmeleon sp. (antlion larva) photo by Val Bugh Chrysoperla sp. (green lacewing larva eating ethmia moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Heterocampa umbrata (white-blotched heterocampa larva) photo by Val Bugh Lactura pupula (bumelia leafworm) photo by Barbara Ribble Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph larva) photo by Sam Fruehling Pontia protodice (checkered white larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Joe Fernandes Darapsa myron (Virginia creeper sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Schizocosa sp. (wolf spider) photo by Joe Fernandes Unknown sp. (whirligig mite) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Inca Dove (Columbina inca) 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) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Whirligig Mite (Unknown sp.) Marsh Slug (Deroceras laeve) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral (larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White (adult & larva)       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth (larva)       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (adult & larva)       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)       Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm (larva)    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent (larva)       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (adult & larva)       Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)       Heterocampa umbrata   White-blotched Heterocampa (larva)    sphingidae   Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Episemasia cervinaria   Inchworm (larva)       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth (larva)       Lactura pupula   Bumelia Leafworm (larva)    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea lecontei   Leaf Beetle       Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Neolema quadriguttata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult, larva & pupa)       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (larva & pupa)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle       Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus ornatulus   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus paracelti   Metallic Woodborer    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (eggs)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Slaterocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (nymph)       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Stiretrus anchorago   Anchor Stink Bug homoptera   cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)       Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    pergidae   Acordulecera sp.   Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Neacreotrichus sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Laphria macquarti   Robber Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus sp.   Horse Fly (adult & eggs)    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Cephalochrysa sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Cricket (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver       Araneus sp.   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider