One dozen participants completed this week's survey under cool and cloudy conditions. Green muscardine disease (Metarhizium robertsii), characterized by the color of its spores, occurs when the entomopathogenic fungus that lives naturally in soil infects an insect's cuticle. Such pathogens are usually deterred by a healthy immune system, but sometimes the victim loses the battle, as with the unfortunate cricket shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Halictus ligatus (sweat bee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Aleiodes politiceps (mummy wasp) photo by Val Bugh Plethodon albagula (western slimy salamander: adult & immature) photo by Harriett Wolf Hilara sp. (balloon fly) photo by Barbara Ribble Lestes australis (southern spreadwing) photo by Sam Fruehling Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Leptoglossus phyllopus (eastern leaf-footed bug) photo by Beth Kirkhart Neurocolpus sp. (plant bug) photo by Victoria Briseno Unknown sp. (cricket corpse covered by fungus) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ground beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Eurymerodesmus sp. (millipede) photo by Val Bugh Pachypsylla celtidismamma (hackberry nipplegall maker) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Val Bugh Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Galasa nigrinodis (boxwood leaftier moth) photo by Val Bugh Zerene cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Beth Kirkhart Leptotes marina (marine blue) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blues mating) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Coyote (Canis latrans) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Gound Skink (Scincella lateralis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophois proximus rubrilineatus) Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Misc.: Land Snail (Linisia texansiana) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Long-legged Mite (Unknown sp.) Polydesmid Millipede (Eurymerodesmus sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Forcepstail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Phycitodes reliquellum   Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth    gelechiidae   Mesophleps adustipennis   Soybean Webworm Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth       Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Galerita sp.   False Bombardier Beetle       Harpalus sp.   Ground Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle (larva)    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva)    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper       Protalebrella conica   Leafhopper       Neozygina balli   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphalaridae   Pachypsylla celtidismamma   Hackberry Nipplegall Maker    delphacidae   Unknown sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Halictus ligatus   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp       Aleiodes politiceps   Mummy Wasp    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia sp.   Soldier Fly (larva)    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    empididae   Hilara sp.   Balloon Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge       Tanypus sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    lestidae   Lestes australia   Southern Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Unknown sp.   Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph) thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula