Though we began the survey with seventeen volunteers, the 9:15 AM arrival of a thunderstorm with prolonged heavy rain reduced our group to just an intrepid few. The white zigzag silk at the center of an Argiope web is called a stabilimentum; its shape changes as the spider grows, starting out as a messy jumble and later becoming a vertical "zipper" line, as shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Catocala micronympha (little nymph underwing) photo by Joe Fernandes Aon noctuiformis & Schizura errucata (moths from different families: erebidae & notodontidae) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria zygotaria (emerald) photo by Joe Fernandes Euchlaena marginaria (ochre euchlaena) photo by Barbara Ribble Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Bill Boyd Callibaetis sp. (small minnow mayfly: subimago & adult) photo by Val Bugh Psorophora cyanescens (mosquito) photo by Pat Dittmar Ochlerotatus trivittatus & Aedes albopictus (mosquitoes) photo by Val Bugh Pseudogaurax sp. & Camptoprosopella sp. (parasitic chloropid fly & lauxaniid fly) photo by Val Bugh & Joe Fernandes Clogmia albipunctata (moth fly) photo by Julie Shaw Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Bill Boyd Oebalus pugnax (rice stink bug nymph) photo by Erin Cannon Zopherus nodulosus (ironclad beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Cobubatha lixiva (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Euclea incisa (oak slug larva) photo by Rad Decker Euglandina singleyana (striate wolf snail) photo by Erin Cannon Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider: very young & older) photo by Val Bugh Phrurotimpus alarius (guardstone spider) photo by Val Bugh Steatoda triangulosa (checkered cobweb weaver) photo by Val Bugh Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula) photo by Julie Shaw Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth (adult & larva)       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing       Catocala amica   Girlfriend Underwing       Metria amella   Live Oak metria       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Macaria sp.   Moth (larva)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Euchlaena marginaria   Moth       Idaea furciferata   Notch-winged Wave       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Pelochrista matutina   Leafroller Moth       Gretchena bolliana   Pecan Bud Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller       Epiblema minutana   Minute Ragweed Borer       Sparganothoides lentiginosana   Lentiginos Moth       Paralobesia viteana   Grape Berry Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Unknown sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus texanella   Texas Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea lecontei   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    dytiscidae   Laccophilus sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Omileus epicaeroides   Broad-nosed Weevil       Smicronyx quadrifer   Weevil       Unknown sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug       Froeschneria piligera   Seed Bug       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    miridae   Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Oncometopia hamiltoni   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Jikradia olitoria   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Norvellina chenopodii   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    membracidae   Vanduzea segmentata   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper       Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper       Thionia elliptica   Planthopper    cicadidae   Pacarina puella   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee (nest)    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    vespidae   Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nests)    chrysididae   Caenochrysis sp.   Cuckoo Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant (alate)    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    chloropidae   Pseudogaurax sp.   Parasitic Chloropid Fly    lauxaniidae   Camptoprosopella sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    psychodidae   Clogmia albipunctata   Moth Fly    culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito       Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito       Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    keroplatidae   Platyura sp.   Predatory Fungus Gnat odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus fasciatus   Slender Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia sp.   Earwig (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva & egg)    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste quieta   Barklouse ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly       Unknown sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Nectopsyche sp.   White Miller araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver    agelenidae   Barronopsis texana   Funnel Weaver    phrurolithidae   Phrurotimpus alarius   Guardstone Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula