It was warm and partly sunny as fifteen participants completed this week's survey. Not all caterpillars eat leaves. The fungus moth illustrated below feeds and burrows through its host during its larval stages. When ready to pupate, it creates a frass-covered club-like cocoon that sticks out of the fungus. The adult eventually emerges from the end. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Eupackardia calleta (calleta silkmoth larva) photo by Val Bugh Schizura leptinoides (black-blotched schizura larva) photo by Val Bugh Meskea dyspteraria (window-winged moth) photo by Val Bugh Cobubatha lixiva (moth) photo by Victoria Briseno Stenoptinea auriferella (fungus moth cocoon, exuviae & adult) photo by Val Bugh Spilosoma virginica (Virginian tiger moth ovipositing) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa virginiensis (American lady) photo by Sam Fruehling Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Scolops pungens (dictyopharid planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia conica (planthopper nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Prosapia bicincta (two-lined spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Melanolestes picipes (black corsair) photo by Joe Fernandes Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Camponotus festinatus (carpenter ants: major & minor workers & cocoons) photo by Val Bugh Ochlerotatus trivittatus & Psorophora cyanescens (mosquitoes) photo by Val Bugh Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Barbara Ribble Zopherus nodulosus (ironclad beetle) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, immature) photo by Erin Cannon Kaira alba (frilled orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Herichthys cyanoguttatus (Rio Grande cichlid) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark (larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema sp.   Sulphur (larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling (larva)    erebidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (adult, larva & eggs)    notodontidae   Schizura leptinoides   Black-blotched Schizura (larva)       Peridea angulosa   Angled Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)       Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth (larva)    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth (adult & larva)       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth    thyrididae   Meskea dyspteraria   Window-winged Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    tineidae   Stenoptinea auriferella   Fungus Moth (adult & pupa)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Ophraella sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Chilocorus stigma   Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Cyclotrachelus constrictus   Ground Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha piazata   Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala femorata   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug       Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Melanolestes picipes   Black Corsair    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    dictyopharidae   Scolops pungens   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    delphacidae   Unknown sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    phylloxeridae   Phylloxera sp.   Phylloxera hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Cotesia sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Paracantha sp.   Fruit Fly    chloropidae   Unknown sp.   Frit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito       Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner (exuviae) orthoptera   acrididae   Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Red Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) blattodea   blaberidae   Pycnoscelus surinamensis   Surinam Cockroach (nymph)    ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Metacyrba taeniola   Jumping Spider       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Kaira alba   Frilled Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Pirata sp.   Wolf Spider