The weather was warm and mostly sunny as fourteen participants completed this week's survey. The katydid and grasshoppers shown below are all usually found on the ground. Their respective camouflage colors reflect whether they spend more time on grass or gravel, but successful photographs often involve less characteristic backgrounds. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Paratettix mexicanus (pygmy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Arphia simplex (plains yellow-winged grasshopper nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Enallagma civile (familiar bluet) photo by Val Bugh Cryptocephalus mucoreus (leaf beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Cryptocephalus notatus (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Anthocharis midea (falcate orangetip larva & adult female) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Eupithecia zygadeniata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Therion sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Archytas sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Psellidotus sp. (soldier fly) photo by Julie Shaw Psellidotus sp. (soldier fly - different species than above) photo by Julie Shaw Hypsosinga rubens (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx, male) photo by Val Bugh Euglandina singleyana (striate wolf snail) photo by Barbara Ribble Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Joe Fernandes Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Crested Flycatcher (Mylarchus crinitus) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) 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) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reptiles & Amphibians: 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) Velvet Mite (Unknown sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain (larva)       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper (larva)       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Bleptina sp.   Moth       Catocala ilia   Ilia Underwing (larva)    arctiidae   Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    thyrididae   Thyris maculata   Spotted Thyris Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Iridopsis gemella   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia zygadeniata   Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth    pyralidae   Pococera sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth (larva)    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Anomoea laticlavia   Clay-colored Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus mucoreus   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    meloidae   Pyrota insulata   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus paracelti   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Glyptotus cribratus   Darkling Beetle    dermestidae   Cryptorhopalum sp.   Dermestid Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (nymph)       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    cicadellidae   Phera insolita   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Labidus coecus   Legionary Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    cynipidae   Amphibolips quercusinanis   Oak Apple Gall (larva)    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Therion sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly    tenthredinidae   Periclista sp.   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    scatopsidae   Unknown sp.   Minute Black Scavenger Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (adult & nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Neoscona sp.   Orbweaver       Eustala sp.   Orbweaver       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    linyphiidae   Frontinella pyramitela   Bowl and Doily Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider