The weather was warm, windy and mostly cloudy as sixteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. Sphinx moths have a long proboscis that allows them to feed on nectar located deep within flowers. The pupa shown below has a very obvious structure that accommodates this substantial appendage. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Unknown sp. (flesh fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Gonia sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Brachygastra mellifica (Mexican honey wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Phidippus audax & Xylocopa virginica (bold jumper looking at eastern carpenter bee in nest hole) photo by Beth Kirkhart Ptosima laeta & Anthaxia viridifrons (metallic woodborers) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Halysidota harrisii (sycamore tussock moth) photo by Pat Dittmar Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx) photo by Barbara Ribble Megisto cymela (little wood-satyr) photo by George Ward Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by George Ward Celotes nessus (common streaky-skipper) photo by George Ward Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm) photo by Sam Fruehling Junonia coenia (common buckeye larva) photo by Dwayne Mann Vanessa cardui (painted lady larva) photo by Dan Hardy Nematocampa resistaria (horned spanworm) photo by Val Bugh Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx pupa) photo by Dwayne Mann Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo) photo by Bill Boyd Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Beth Kirkhart Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) photo by Dwayne Mann Sturnella sp. (meadowlark) photo by Bill Boyd Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 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) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummmingbird (Archilochus sp.) 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-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (tyrannus forficatus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 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 Coyote (Canis latrans) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrileatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Armoured Harvestman (Vonones sayi) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Snout Mite (Unknown sp.) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Megisto cymela   Little Wood-satyr    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Celotes nessus   Common Streaky-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithocodia       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithocodia       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Copivaleria grotei   Grote's Sallow       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Catabenoides terminellus   Moth       Agrotis malefida   Rascal Dart       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    erebidae   Lesmone detrahens   Detracted Owlet       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Matigramma sp.   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet       Toxonprucha crudelis   Cruel Toxonprucha       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Euerythra phasma   Red-tailed Specter       Halysidota harrisii   Sycamore Tussock Moth    eutellidae   Marathyssa basalis   Light Marathyssa    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (adult & larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (pupa)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    thyrididae   Thyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm (larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Hellula rogatalis   Cabbage Webworm Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Diacme adipaloides   Darker Diacme Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Myelopsis alatella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Ephestiodes infimella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    gelechiidae   Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Chionodes trichostola   Moth       Phthorimaea operculella   Potato Moth       Filatima sp.   Moth       Telphusa perspicua   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Dichomeris setosella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia apicipunctella   Ethmia Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa sp.   Moth       Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth       Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    momphidae   Mompha eloisella   Red-streaked Mompha Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Scythris trivinctella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Perimede sp.   Moth       Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella resplendensella   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (larva)       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Ptosima laeta   Redbud Borer       Anthaxia viridifrons   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Calosoma scrutator   Caterpillar Hunter    melyridae   Attalus scincetus   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle       Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle    melandryidae   Osphya varians   False Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    miridae   Neocapsus cuneatus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Phoenicocoris claricornis   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    reduviidae   Microtomus purcis   Assassin Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus superbus   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Augochlora pura   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    vespidae   Ancistrocerus adiabatus   Mason Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    sphecidae   Chlorion cyaneum   Cockroach Hunter    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Labidus coecus   Legionary Ant (male)    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Atanycolus sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Aphid Mummy Wasp (adult, larva & pupa)    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon       Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Vanderwulpia sequens   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Gonia sp.   Tachinid Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly       Cephalochrysa sp.   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    lauxaniidae   Trypetisoma sticticum   Lauxaniid Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    pyrgotidae   Boreothrinax maculipennis   Pyrgotid Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura sp.   Forktail    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemani   Haldeman's Shieldback (adult & nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)       Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasute Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing raphidioptera   raphidiidae   Agulla bicolor   Snakefly trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider