The weather was cool and sunny as fourteen volunteers completed this week's survey. Caterpillars have mandibles for gnawing on vegetation. Those same jaws can also be used to bite in self defense, as the Small Phigalia larva demonstrates in the image shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx) photo by Julie Shaw Vanessa virginiensis (American lady) photo by Bill Boyd Euphyes vestris (dun skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Dwayne Mann Argia nahuana (Aztec dancer) photo by Julie Shaw Clogmia albipunctata (moth fly) photo by Val Bugh Paracantha sp. (fruit fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Neacreotrichus sp. & Apolysis sp. (bee flies) photo by Joe Fernandes & Katherine Daniels Cylindromyia sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Zerene cesonia (southern dogface larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Junonia coenia (common buckeye larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth larva) photo by Dwayne Mann Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph larva) photo by Dwayne Mann Phigalia strigataria (small phigalia larva) photo by Val Bugh Chauliognathus scutellaris (soldier beetle) photo by Katherine Daniels top left to bottom right:  nymphs: Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid), Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid), Pediodectes nigromarginatus (black-margined shieldback), Obolopteryx catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid) photo by Katherine Daniels, Val Bugh, Val Bugh & Katherine Daniels Mermiria bivittata (two-striped mermiria nymph) photo by Val Bugh Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Harriett Wolf Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Sam Fruehling Dryophytes cinereus (green tree frog) photo by Bill Boyd Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes vesta   Vesta Crescent       Megisto cymela   Little Wood-satyr    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus   Eastern Tiger Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)       Ponometia libedis   Bird Dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth    erebidae   Cissusa new sp.   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (adult & larva)       Deidamia inscripta   Lettered Sphinx       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Amphion floridensis   Nessus Sphinx    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    thyrididae   Thyris maculata   Spotted Thyris Moth    geometridae   Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing (larva)       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Loxostege allectalis   Moth       Loxostege cereralis   Alfalfa Webworm Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Caudellia nigrella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Bandera binotella   Moth       Etiella zinckenella   Gold-banded Etiella       Myelopsis alatella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Mesophleps adustipennis   Soybean Webworm Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth (adult & larva)    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia bosquella   Pygmy Moth       Stigmella resplendensella   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Phaedon desotonis   Coreopsis Leaf Beetle (larva)       Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle (larva)    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle       Calosoma scrutator   Caterpillar Hunter    dytiscidae   Coptotomus venustus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle       Chauliognathus scutellaris   Soldier Beetle    oedemeridae   Sparedrus aspersus   False Blister Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Homoeolabus analis   Oak Leaf Roller hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug       Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Jadera coturnix   Scentless Plant Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Lygus lineolaris   Tarnished Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Phoenicocoris claricornis   Plant Bug       Neocapsus cuneatus   Plant Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Cyrtolobus parvulus   Treehopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    aphalaridae   Pachypsylla celtidismamma   Hackberry Nipplegall Maker hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Sphecodes sp.   Blood Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Parancistrocerus fulvipes   Mason Wasp    formicidae   Labidus coecus   Legionary Ant (drone)    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Torymid Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp       Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall (larva)       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly diptera   bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes sp.   Bee Fly       Neacreotrichus sp.   Bee Fly       Apolysis sp.   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Odontomyia sp.   Soldier Fly       Hermetia reinhardi   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    therevidae   Cyclotelus sp.   Stiletto Fly    empididae   Rhamphomyia sp.   Dance Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    pyrgotidae   Boreothrinax maculipennis   Pyrgotid Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly       Paracantha sp.   Fruit Fly       Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-miner Fly       Phytomyza sp.   Leaf-miner Fly    psychodidae   Clogmia albipunctata   Moth Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia nahuana   Aztec Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph) blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga bolliana   Boll's Sand Roach isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Maevia inclemens   Dimorphic Jumper    araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    pisauridae   Pisaurina mira   Nursery Web Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver