The skies were mostly cloudy as the morning warmed up while thirteen volunteers completed this week's survey. Although many lady beetles are red or orange, not all have the familiar black spots. Shown below are two native species which have no markings at all on their elytra (wing covers). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer fawn) photo by Erik Loza Bubo virginianus (great horned owl, almost ready to fledge!) photo by Joe Fernandes Rena dulcis (Texas blind snake) photo by Barbara Ribble Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Joe Fernandes Schinia volupia (painted flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa virginiensis (American lady) photo by Harriett Wolf Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by Harriett Wolf Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail ovipositing & eggs) photo by Julie Shaw Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur larva) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa cardui (painted lady larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Metria amella (live oak metria larva) photo by Val Bugh Schizura errucata (prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (argid sawfly, male) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda munda & Cycloneda sanguinea (lady beetles) photo by Val Bugh Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bugs) photo by Joe Fernandes Leptoglossus clypealis (leaf-footed bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus & Lepyronia quadrangularis (wheel bug nymph & its prey, a spittlebug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hibana sp. (ghost spider) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion eating green stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Leiobunum sp. (harvestman molting) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), fawns Reptiles: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Blind Snake (Rena dulcis) Misc.: Chigger (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult, pupa & larva)       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur (adult & larva)       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult, larva & eggs)    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing (adult & larva)       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing (larva)       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash    noctuidae   Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Charadra dispulsa   Moth (larva)       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth (larva)       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth    erebidae   Metria amella   Live Oak Metria (larva)       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm Moth       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth (larva)       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    lasiocampidae   Malacosoma disstria   Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth    geometridae   Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta sp.   Pyrausta Moth (larva)       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Argyrotaenia quercifoliana   Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga sparsiciliella   Black-marked Inga    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    cosmopterigidae   Triclonella determinatella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea lecontei   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Blepharida rhois   Sumac Leaf Beetle (larva)       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (larva)       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn       Aneflomorpha seminuda   Longhorn Beetle       Hemierana marginata   Longhorn Beetle       Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    melyridae   Attalus nigripes   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (nymph)       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (nymph)       Metriorrhynchomeris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Perillus strigipes   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina cobaltina   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    ichneumonidae   Thyreodon sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fuscipennis   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    calliphoridae   Lucillia sp.   Blow Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza femoralis   Lauxaniid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    tipulidae   Neophrotoma sp.   Tiger Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Enallagma basidens   Double-striped Bluet       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus punctulatus   Pinetree Spurthroat (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Red Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Neonemobius mormonius   Mormon Ground Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia sp.   Earwig (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite blattodea   ectobiidae   Blattella asahinae   Asian Cockroach    corydiidae   Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick (nymph) neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Araneus detrimentosus   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider