Twenty-one volunteers participated in this week's survey; the day began warm and cloudy, clearing later. Many lepidopteran caterpillars feed only on very specific host plants. Four examples shown below include the egg on yucca, and larvae on Lindheimer's senna, blue-curls and Virginia creeper. The Salt Marsh caterpillar is a distinct exception: this species will eat almost any plant and, given the opportunity, even other moth pupae. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (cocklebur weevil) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Pterocolus ovatus & Phaedon desotonis (thief weevil & coreopsis leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh & Vince VanderHeijden Sehirus cinctus & Corimelaena sp. (burrowing bug & ebony bug) photo by Michael Knox & Vince VanderHeijden Lygaeus kalmii (small milkweed bug nymph) photo by Julie Shaw Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebug nymph) photo by Amber Lindholm Parkesia motacilla (Louisiana waterthrush) photo by Bill Boyd Setophaga coronata (yellow-rumped warbler) photo by Beth Kirkhart Molothrus ater (brown-headed cowbird) photo by Beth Kirkhart Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Zonotrichia albicollis (white-throated sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Megathymus yuccae (yucca giant-skipper egg) photo by James Giroux Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange larva) photo by Julie Shaw Ethmia sp. (ethmia moth larva) photo by Julie Shaw Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester larva) photo by Julie Shaw Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth larva) photo by Linda Crabtree Chironomus sp. & Unknown sp. (midge & water mite) photo by Linda Crabtree Dalmannia sp. (thick-headed fly), Pseudiastata nebulosa (vinegar fly), Platypalpus sp. (hybotid dance fly), Thaumatomyia sp. (frit fly) photo by Vince VanderHeijden & Val Bugh Darapsa myron (Virginia creeper sphinx) photo by Joe Fernandes Zerene cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Julie Shaw Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Amerian Pipit (Anthus rubescens) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) 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 Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Water Mite (Unknown sp.), on midge Gall Mites (Unknown sp.), galls Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & egg)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Megisto cymela   Little Wood-satyr    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Megathymus yuccae   Yucca Giant-skipper (egg)    noctuidae   Tripudia luxuriosa   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain (larva)       Leucania incognita   Moth       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithocodia       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (adult & larva)    erebidae   Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Toxonprucha crudelis   Cruel Toxonprucha    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx       Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Peoria bipartitella   Grass-veneer Moth       Amyelois transitella   Navel Orangeworm Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Sciota celtidella   Hackberry Leafroller Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera hodsoni   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    gelechiidae   Aristotelia new sp.   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Strobisia proserpinella   Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth       Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)       Antaeotricha humilis   Dotted Antaeotricha Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    ypsolohidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole tripunctella   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth       Acrocercops pnosmodiella   Moth       Marmara sp.   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    opostegidae   Pseudopostega albogaleriella   Moth    tineidae   Homostinea curviliniella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Neofidia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Phaedon desotonis   Coreopsis Leaf Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle       Lyctus carbonarius   Powder-post Beetle       Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    scirtidae   Scirtes orbiculatus   Marsh Beetle    staphylinidae   Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Notiobia sp.   Ground Beetle       Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus peregrinus   Water Scavenger Beetle    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    hybosoridae   Hybosorus illigeri   Scavenger Scarab    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab    cantharidae   Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle       Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle       Mordellistena sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    melandryidae   Osphya varians   False Darkling Beetle       Symphora flavicollis   False Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    attelabidae   Himatolabus pubescens   Leaf Roller Weevil       Pterocolus ovatus   Thief Weevil    curculionidae   Magdalis armicollis   Red Elm Bark Weevil       Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctata   Cocklebur Weevil       Rhodobaenus quinquepunctata   Cocklebur Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug       Ozophora depicturata   Seed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Americodema nigrolineatum   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris mcivor   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Mexicomiris texanus   Plant Bug (nymph)       Phoenicocoris claricornis   Plant Bug       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug    thyreocoridae   Corimelaena sp.   Ebony Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Osbornellus filamentus   Leafhopper       Curtara insularis   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala inscripta   Waterlettuce Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    membracidae   Cyrtolobus tuberosus   Treehopper    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla celtidisgemma   Hackberry Bud Gall Psyllid       Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Tetraneura sp.   Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid    kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Sphecodes sp.   Blood Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee       Nomia nortoni   Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leafcutter Bee       Heriades sp.   Resin Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Mining Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    vespidae   Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp    scelionidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    tenthredinidae   Periclista sp.   Common Sawfly (larva)       Periclista albicollis   Common Sawfly    argidae   Schizocerella sp.   Portulaca Sawfly diptera   bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Anthrax irroratus   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Scleropogon texanus   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus longicornis   Long-legged Fly       Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    conopidae   Dalmannia sp.   Thick-headed Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Gymnoclytia singularis   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    drosophilidae   Pseudiastata nebulosa   Vinegar Fly    chloropidae   Thaumatomyia sp.   Frit Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Sunflower Seed Maggot    pipunculidae   Unknown sp.   Big-headed Fly    hybotidae   Platypalpus sp.   Hybotid Dance Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Culex tarsalis   Western Encephalitis Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito (larva & pupa)    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Unknown sp.   Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg & pupa)    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius occidentalis   Brown Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia squamosa   Beaded Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Smicridea fasciatella   Netspinning Caddisfly thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips    aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    corinnidae   Unknown sp.   Ant-mimic Spider (eggs)    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow