A team of fourteen enjoyed cool, sunny weather during this week's survey. Pipevine swallowtails (see below) are distasteful due to their caterpillars' toxic pipevine diet; the adults advertise this with blue/black warning coloration. Several other swallowtails in our area, such as the Black swallowtail shown here, have similar colors as well, mimicry that affords them some protection from predators. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth) photo by Julie Shaw Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by Dan Hardy Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Julie Shaw Thyris sepulchralis (mournful thyris moth) photo by Joe Fernandes Ancylis comptana (strawberry leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Pseudexentera spoliana (bare-patched leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Argyresthia alternatella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Beth Kirkhart Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's sparrow) photo by Dan Hardy Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Harriett Wolf Euphoria inda (hairy flower scarabs) photo by Joe Fernandes Automola rufa (richardiid fly) photo by Val Bugh Nomada sp. (cuckoo bee) photo by Victoria Briseno Unknown sp. (eurytomid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Megaphasma denticrus (giant walkingstick nymph) photo by Val Bugh Lopidea major (plant bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha laboriosa (silver longjawed orbweaver) photo by Julie Shaw Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Joe Fernandes Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult, tadpoles & eggs Misc.: Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Polydesmid Millipede (Eurymerodesmus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Pontia protodice   Checkered White       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip    hesperiidae   Erynnis sp.   Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Cleora sublunaria   Double-lined Gray       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    tortricidae   Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera spoliana   Bare-patched Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth    thyrididae   Thyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia alternatella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Merobruchus insolitus   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Plochionus timidus   Ground Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Euphoria inda   Hairy Flower Scarab    tenebrionidae   Blapstinus fortis   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Hypera postica   Alfalfa Weevil (larva) hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph) homoptera   kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Nomada sp.   Cuckoo Bee       Ceratina cobaltina   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Calliopsis sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes sp.   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    eurytomidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp       Disholcaspis sp.   Gall Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Phormia regina   Black Blow Fly    tachinidae   Vanderwulpia sequens   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    richardiidae   Automola rufa   Richardiid Fly    cecidomyiidae   Walshomyia sabinae   Gall Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma dentricrus   Giant Walkingstick (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing psocoptera   peripsocidae   Peripsocus new sp.   Stout Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider