It was cool and partly sunny as thirteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. Painted Lady caterpillars use silk to create folded leaf retreats in which they can safely feed. Though common host plants are Texas Thistle and Bluebonnet, the individual shown below was found on Artemisia. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Chloridea virescens (tobacco budworm) photo by Michael Knox Cucullia lethe (moth larvae: different instars) photo by Joe Fernandes Rachiplusia ou (gray looper) photo by Val Bugh Rachiplusia ou (gray looper moth) photo by Joe Fernandes Megalographa biloba (bilobed looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Achyra rantalis (garden webworm moth) photo by George Ward Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) photo by George Ward Vanessa atalanta (red admiral face) photo by Michael Knox Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by David Cook Vanessa cardui (painted lady larva) photo by Val Bugh Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider, male) photo by George Ward Allograpta exotica (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Eupeodes americanus (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Camptoprosopella sp. (lauxaniid fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Bill Boyd Mecidea major (grass stink bug: adult & nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Euschistus servus & Euschistus obscurus (stink bugs) photo by Val Bugh Polymerus basalis & Taylorilygus apicalis (plant bugs) photo by Dan Zinn & Val Bugh Pachybrachis stygicus (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Misc.: Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Hammerhead Planarian (Bipalium kewense) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Cucullia lethe   Moth (larva)       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinnusella   Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    pterophoridae   Emmelina monodactyla   Morning Glory Plume Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Pachybrachis stygicus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & pupa)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Amara sp.   Seed-eating Ground Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    zopheridae   Sesaspis emarginatus   Ironclad Beetle hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Allograpta exotica   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    muscidae   Musca domestica   House Fly       Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly       Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    lauxaniidae   Camptoprosopella sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly       Symplecta cana   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Grasshopper (eggs)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasutiform Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Colonus sp.   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna laboriosa   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Raidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Psilochorus sp.   Cellar Spider       Holocnemus pluchei   Cellar Spider