It was mild, overcast and rather wet as ten volunteers completed this week's survey. As shown below in the swallowtail and sphinx photos, the proboscis of a butterfly or moth is usually kept coiled under the head except when ingesting liquid such as nectar. The amazing flexibility and accuracy of this appendage is achieved by muscles not only at the base but all along its length. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bubo virginianus & Didelphis virginiana (great horned owl with Virginia opossum) photo by George Ward Bubo virginianus (great horned owl nestling) photo by Bill Boyd Melospiza georgiana (swamp sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Annelia Williams Tyrannus forficatus (scissor-tailed flycatcher) photo by Annelia Williams Phidippus texanus (Texas jumper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Gratiana pallidula (eggplant tortoise beetle: larva, pupa & adult) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Caenurgina erechtea (forage looper) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye: teneral, with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by George Ward Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx) photo by David Cook Argia plana (springwater dancer) photo by George Ward Trogomorpha trogiformis (ichneumon) photo by David Cook Trimerotropis sp. (band-winged grasshopper nymph) photo by Sam Fruehling Microphthalma disjuncta (tachinid fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Celatoria sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Euaresta bellula & Zonosemata vittigera (fruit flies) photo by Joe Fernandes Cuerna costalis (leafhopper nymph: teneral, with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 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 Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), prey of owl Reptiles: Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & pupa)       Pontia protodice   Checkered White (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult, pupa, & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Sympistis kappa   Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Amyna bullula   Hook-tipped Amyna       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Dypterygia patina   Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth       Cosmia calami   American Dun-bar Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Zale edusina   Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Catocala micronympha   Little Nymph Underwing       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Iridopsis ephyraria   Pale-winged Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Fine-lined Glena       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (adult & larva)       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes mignonella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Honora mellinella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferanus   Oak Leafroller Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth       Suleima baracana   Leafroller Moth       Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix       Sereda tautana   Speckled Sereda Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Sparganothis sulfureana   Sparganothis Fruitworm Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Chionodes trichostola   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculellaa   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth       Stilbosis sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    prodoxidae   Prodoxus sp.   Bogus Yucca Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth       Diploschizia impigritella   Yellow Nutsedge Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Emmelina monodactyla   Morning Glory Plume Moth       Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth       Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    heliozelidae   Antispila sp.   Shield-bearing Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (adult, pupa & larva)    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    dytiscidae   Hygrotus nubilus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha hirticula   Soldier Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Platydema micans   Darkling Beetle    stapylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle       Ephelinus sp.   Rove Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora depicturata   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Gargaphia sp.   Lace Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Lopidea confluenta   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug (nymph)       Parthenicus juniperi   Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Keltonia pallida   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Rasahus hamatus   Assassin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Eratoneura sp.   Leafhopper       Cetexa sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Cantura jucunda   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Xestocephalus superbus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    membracidae   Tortistilus inermis   Treehopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper    triozidae   Baeoalitriozus diospyri   Persimmon Psyllid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Anthidiellum notatum   Resin Bee    sphecidae   Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Labidus coecus   Army Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Vulgichneumon brevicinctor   Ichneumon       Trogomorpha trogiformis   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Celatoria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Microphthalma disjuncta   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    sarcophagide   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    muscidae   Neomyia cornicina   Fly    tephritidae   Euaresta bellula   Fruit Fly       Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly       Zonosemata vittigera   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    hippoboscidae   Lipoptena mazamae   Neotropical Deer Ked    keroplatidae   Asindulum sp.   Predatory Fungus Gnat    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Trimerotropis sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) blattodea   corydiidae   Arenivaga bolliana   Boll's Sand Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (larva)       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus posticus   Brown Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly    hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis ferrugineus   Small Minnow Mayfly psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse       Loensia new sp.   Barklouse thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus texanus   Texas Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver