A team of eleven conducted this week's survey under warm and sunny conditions. Moths and butterflies have various ways they prepare to pupate. As shown below, some moths spin silken cocoons to enclose themselves while butterflies use only a bit of silk to attach and support their chrysalis. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Zelus tetracanthus (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Triatoma gerstaeckeri (kissing bug) photo by Joe Fernandes Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver) photo by Barbara Ribble Araneus sp. (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Protandrena sp. (bee) photo by Julie Shaw Centris atripes (digger bee) photo by Julie Shaw Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer) photo by Wei-Li Huang Libellula croceipennis & Pachydiplax longipennis (neon skimmer & blue dasher) photo by Joe Fernandes Dythemis nigrescens (black setwing) photo by Joe Fernandes Nephrotoma sp. (tiger crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Beth Kirkhart Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor) photo by Harriett Wolf Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth larva spinning cocoon) photo by Harriett Wolf Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur larva ready to pupate) photo by Val Bugh Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail pupa) photo by Val Bugh Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail with forked tail!) photo by Julie Shaw Tyrannus forficatus (scissor-tailed flycatcher) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren) photo by Barbara Ribble Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Land Planarian (Dolichoplana striata) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (adult & egg)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (pupa)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (larva)       Charadra dispulsa   Moth    erebidae   Bulia deducta   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth (larva)       Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Hyphantria cunea   Fall Webworm (larva)       Virbia aurantiaca   Orange Holomelina Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent (larva)       Elasmia sp.   Prominent (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva & pupa)       Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth (larva & pupa)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Euchlaena marginaria   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Ophraella sp.   Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    anthocoridae   Orius sp.   Minute Pirate Bug    gerridae   Limnoporus canaliculatus   Water Strider    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Phera insolita   Sharpshooter       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Jikradia olitoria   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (adult & nymph)       Flatormenis saucia   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Aphis illinoisensis   Grape Aphid       Tetraneura sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia nobilitata   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Therion sp.   Ichneumon    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva)    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Ampelomyia sp.   Gall Midge (larva)    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    tipulidae   Nephrotoma sp.   Tiger Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Dythemis nigrescens   Black Setwing       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket       Oecanthus niveus   Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Cyrtoxipha columbiana   Columbian Trig (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Nodita sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (pupa)    myrmeleontidae   Mexoleon papago   Antlion araneae   araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus sp.   Orbweaver       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Eustala anastera   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Misumessus lappi   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver       Leucauge venusta   Orchard Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula