A team of twelve contributed to this week's survey under cool and mostly cloudy conditions. Additional sightings were added by a birding group led by staff and volunteers. One way that some butterflies evade predators is through the use of confusing reversible color. Note how the upper and lower surfaces of the Variegated Fritillary's wings appear so dissimilar in the image below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mecaphesa sp. & Eupeodes americanus (crab spider eating flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Eupeodes americanus & Aphis nerii (flower fly larva & oleander aphids) photo by Val Bugh Hippodamia convergens & Aphis nerii (convergent lady beetle larva & oleander aphid) photo by Val Bugh Scathophaga furcata (dung fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Copestylum tamaulipanum (flower fly) photo by Sam Fruehling Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Dioprosopa clavata (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Allograpta obliqua (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Niesthrea louisianica (scentless plant bug nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Chelinidea tabulata & Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug nymphs) photo by Katherine Daniels & Michael Knox Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by George Ward Mythimna unipuncta (armyworm killed by fungus) photo by Katherine Daniels Spodoptera eridania (southern armyworm) photo by Sam Fruehling Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Joe Fernandes Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary) photo by Linda Crabtree Eritettix abortivus (Texas short-winged slant-faced grasshopper) photo by Michael Knox Melanoplus femurrubrum (red-legged grasshopper nymph) photo by Linda Crabtree Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 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-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Fish: Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Millipede (Eurymerodesmus sp.) Forcepstail (Unknown sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (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       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Spodoptera eridania   Southern Armyworm (larva)       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth (larva)       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (larva)    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    pterophoridae   Emmelina monodactyla   Morning Glory Plume Moth       Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Harpalus sp.   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    coreidae   Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeospilus tripunctatus   Seed Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Therion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly (adult & larva)       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    chloropidae   Unknown sp.   Frit Fly    scathophagidae   Scathophaga furcata   Dung Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    empididae   Rhamphomyia sp.   Dance Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Symplecta cana   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph) phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera sp.   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider