After heavy rain the previous night, the morning was warm and cloudy as eight volunteers participated in this week's survey. Both the grapeleaf skeletonizer and the false skeletonizer (see below) feed on plants in the grape family. The name "false" does not refer to its capabilities, as that species sometimes has population explosions resulting in thousands of caterpillars defoliating entire plants. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal with wheel bug) photo by Beth Kirkhart Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Woodhouse's scrub-jay with young hispid cotton rat) photo by Joe Fernandes Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat after losing her offspring) photo by Beth Kirkhart Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Beth Kirkhart Solenopsis invicta (imported fire ant, female alate) photo by Val Bugh Polistes sp. (paper wasp larvae) photo by Val Bugh Coleomegilla maculata (spotted lady beetle) photo by Val Bugh Derospidea brevicollis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Automeris io (Io moth larvae) photo by Val Bugh Halysidota harrisii (sycamore tussock moth larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Harrisina sp. & Acoloithus novaricus (grapeleaf skeletonizer & false skeletonizer larvae) photo by Barbara Ribble & Val Bugh Teleonemia scrupulosa (lace bug) photo by Val Bugh Pacarina puella (cicada) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph eating wasp) photo by Sam Fruehling Arethaea sp. (thread-legged katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Paracyrtophyllus robustus (red katydid, male) photo by Val Bugh Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomops septentrionalis (pale-bordered field cockroaches) photo by Joe Fernandes Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Harriett Wolf Dolomedes triton (fishing spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 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) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh tracks White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) 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 cardui   Painted Lady (larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)       Celotes nessus   Common Streaky-skipper    noctuidae   Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)    erebidae   Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)       Halysidota harrisii   Sycamore Tussuck Moth (larva)       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva & pupa)       Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth (larva & pupa)       Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth (larva)       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Evergestis rimosalis   Cross-striped Cabbageworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    psychidae   Oiketicus abbotii   Bagworm (larva)    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)       Harrisina sp.   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (larva)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Neolema quadriguttata   Leaf Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coleomegilla maculata   Spotted Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    elateridae   Aeolus scutellatus   Click Beetle       Scaptolenus sp.   Rain Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Melanopleurus belfragei   Seed Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia scrupulosa   Lace Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)       Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper       Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper    delphacidae   Unknown sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper       Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    cicadidae   Pacarina puella   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Lithurgus sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Microplitis sp.   Braconid Wasp (larva)    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    muscidae   Synthesiomyia nudiseta   Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Gymnoclytia sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Eutreta sp.   Fruit Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito       Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Hesperotetix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Arethaea sp.   Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Red Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider