Twenty volunteers enjoyed a warm, sunny morning while they contributed to this week's survey. To evade predators, a number of unrelated arthropods mimic ants. Shape, coloration and small size are major factors (see the spider and bug images below), but behavior often plays an important role in a convincing disguise. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Joe Fernandes Vanessa cardui (painted lady: 2 views) photo by Dan Hardy & Julie Shaw Calephelis perditalis (rounded metalmark) photo by Sam Fruehling Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper: 2 views) photo by Harriett Wolf & Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper: larva & retreat) photo by Harriett Wolf & Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Joe Fernandes Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Dwayne Mann Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cerathosia tricolor (moth) photo by Val Bugh Ethmia zelleriella (Zeller's ethmia) photo by Val Bugh Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth) photo by Val Bugh Cybister fimbriolatus (giant water beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (click beetle larva "wireworm") photo by Victoria Briseno Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Dwayne Mann Dalquestia formosa (Halloween harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Sarinda hentzi (ant-mimic jumper) photo by Tasneem Ahsanullah Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thevenetimyia sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjacket) photo by Becky Roberts Chlorion cyaneum (cockroach hunter) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpole Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Tick (Unknown sp.), on squirrel Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion texense) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult, larva & pupa)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Ponometia erastrioides   Small Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Dypterygia patina   Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Melipotis indomita   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Caenurgia chloropha   Vetch Looper Moth       Metalectra sp.   Fungus Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (pupa)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Caripeta triangulata   Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma deceptorium   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leaftier Moth       Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Helcystogramma melantherella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Machimia trigama   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    tineidae   Stenoptinea auriferella   Fungus Moth (pupa) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva)    dytiscidae   Cybister fimbriolatus   Giant Water Beetle    carabidae   Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle       Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta immaculata   Blister Beetle       Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle    anthricidae   Notoxus monodon   Antlike Flower Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    curculionidae   Smicronyx sp.   Weevil       Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus sexmaculatus   Six-spotted Milkweed Bug (nymph)       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Keltonia tuckeri   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)    notonectidae   Notonecta sp.   Backswimmer    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia sp.   Water Treader    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper       Unknown sp.   Planthopper    achilidae   Cixidia fusca   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus foraminatus   Mason Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Camponotus decipiens   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp       Atanycolus sp.   Braconid Wasp    cynipidae   Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall Wasp (larva)       Belonocnema kinseyi   Leaf Gall Wasp (larva)    argidae   Sphacophilus sp.   Sawfly (adult & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Thevenetimyia sp.   Bee Fly       Anthrax sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly       Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly    ephydridae   Unknown sp.   Shore Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Psorophora sp.   Mosquito       Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (old galls)       Walshomyia sabinae   Gall Midge (larva)       Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Dythemis fugax   Checkered Setwing       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Unknown sp.   Skimmer (naiad)    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph) mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & eggs) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly       Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Naphrys pulex   Jumping Spider       Sarinda hentzi   Antmimic Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    hahniidae   Hahnia sp.   Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    corinnidae   Unknown sp.   Ant-mimic Spider (eggs)    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider