It was cold and sunny as fourteen volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Caterpillars molt several times before pupation but some already have certain distinctive features at hatching. Compare the six little spikes on the very tiny Queen vs. only four tentacles on the nearly full grown Monarch larva in the images below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by Beth Kirkhart Aetole tripunctella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Harriett Wolf Danaus plexippus & Aphis nerii (monarch larva & oleander aphids) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen larva, about 4 mm long) photo by Joe Fernandes Heterocampa astartoides (prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Anticarsia gemmatalis (velvetbean caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Schinia chrysellus (broomweed flower moth larva) photo by Michael Knox Phanaeus texensis (dung beetle) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryi (desert stink beetle) photo by Sam Fruehling Eleodes tricostata (desert stink beetle) photo by Annelia Williams Plethodon albagula (western slimy salamander) photo by Val Bugh Araneus detrimentosus (orbweaver) photo by Joe Fernandes Neotephritis finalis (fruit fly) photo by Sam Fruehling Leptoglossus clypealis (leaf-footed bug) photo by Joe Fernandes Regulus calendula (ruby-crowned kinglet) photo by Beth Kirkhart Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Bill Boyd Zonotrichia albicollis (white-throated sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pooecetes gramineus (vesper sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pipilo maculatus (spotted towhee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 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) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 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) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Reptiles & Amphibians: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), bones & rattle Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Misc.: Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth (larva)    erebidae   Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Heterocampa astartoides   Prominent (larva)    geometridae   Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug (larva) coleoptera   buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Carabus finitimus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle       Bothrotes canaliculatus   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phanaeus texensis   Dung Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Halticotoma nicholi   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Hamana manifesta   Leafhopper    kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    colletidae   Colletes sp.   Cellophane Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    vespidae   Ancistrocerus campestris   Mason Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    cynipidae   Druon quercuslanigera   Wool-bearing Gall Wasp (gall)       Callirhytis quercusbatatoides   Southern Live Oak Stem Wasp (gall)       Andricus texanus   Oak Gall Wasp (gall)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Spharagemon equale   Say's Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (ootheca) araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus detrimentosus   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    mimetidae   Mimetus notius   Pirate Spider    pisauridae   Pisaurina mira   Nursery Web Spider    sicariidae   Loxosceles reclusa   Brown Recluse