Fourteen participants enjoyed a warm and partly cloudy morning for this week's survey. Caterpillars are often found on their food plants, but not always. The blue, Cerathosia and swallowtails shown below were on their respective hosts: Gregg's Dalea, Rain Lily and Prickly-ash. Conversely, The Wedgling was simply wandering and the Queen was resting on an Agarita leaf adjacent to the Pearl Milkweed Vine it was actually eating. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Katherine Daniels Caracara plancus (crested caracara) photo by Sam Fruehling Zonotrichia querula (Harris's sparrow) photo by Annelia Williams Melospiza melodia (song sparrow) photo by Bill Boyd Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Annelia Williams Kricogonia lyside (lyside sulphur) photo by Katherine Daniels Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by Katherine Daniels Palpita quadristigmalis (four-spotted palpita) photo by Oscar Vaz Hemiargus isola & Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Reakirt's blue larva & rover ants) photo by Dan Hardy Galgula partita (the wedgling larva) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cerathosia tricolor (moth larva) photo by Dan Hardy Danaus gilippus (queen larva) photo by Dan Hardy Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail larvae) photo by Oscar Vaz Arvelius albopunctatus & Proxys punctulatus (tomato stink bug & black stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Lygaeus kalmii (small milkweed bug) photo by Katherine Daniels top: Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) bottom: Halictus ligatus (furrow bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Unknown sp. (big-headed fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (rock bristletail) photo by Val Bugh Tantilla gracilis (flathead snake) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Flathead Snake (Tantilla gracilis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlanieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Globular Springtail (Sminthurus sp.) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling (adult & larva)       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Eublemma minima   Everlasting Bud Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta sp.   Pyrausta Moth (larva)       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Pococera asperatella   Maple Webworm Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Michaelophorus indentatus   Plume Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    ypsolophidae   Yposolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    nepticulidae   Unknown sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Cyclotrachelus substriatus   Ground Beetle       Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle       Bothrotes canaliculatus   Darkling Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    dytiscidae   Uvarus sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius sp.   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    trogidae   Trox sp.   Hide Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Listroderes difficilis   Vegetable Weevil       Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil       Smicronyx sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug       Catorhintha texana   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug       Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Ceratocapsus sp.   Plant Bug       Tupiocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    corixidae   Unknown sp.   Water Boatman    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin (nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Arvelius albopunctatus   Tomato Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper       Hymetta balteata   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Protalebrella conica   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erythridula sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Pintalia delicata   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Halictus ligatus   Furrow Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    bethylidae   Unknown sp.   Bethylid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Netelia sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon (adult & pupa) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    pipunculidae   Unknown sp.   Big-headed Fly    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    keroplatidae   Unknown sp.   Predatory Fungus Gnat    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia bipunctata   Biting Midge       Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Tanypus sp.   Midge       Procladius sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Orphulella pelidna   Spotted-wing Grasshopper       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite       Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasutiform Termite mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly psocoptera   psocidae   Loensia moesta   Barklouse archaeognatha   meinertellidae   Unknown sp.   Rock Bristletail araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Gladicosa pulchra   Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider