A team of eighteen contributed to this week's survey as a warm, cloudy morning turned sunny by afternoon. Though very similar looking to lepidopteran caterpillars, note the large number of prolegs (extensions of the abdomen that serve as "legs") on the sawfly larva shown below. The Cerathosia larva shown directly above it has the maximum number of prolegs possible for a moth: 5 pairs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Oxyopes salticus & Aeolothrips sp. (striped lynx eating predatory thrips) photo by Julie Shaw Colonus sylvanus (jumping spider) photo by Joe Fernandes Aphonopelma sp. (tarantula) photo by Joe Fernandes Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer) photo by Dave Christie Pyrausta inornatalis (inornate pyrausta moth) photo by Julie Shaw Cerathosia tricolor (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh larvae: Pseudosiobla excavata (common sawfly), Burnsius sp. (checkered-skipper), Episemasia cervinaria (moth), Galgula partita (the wedgling), Ethmia sp. (ethmia moth) photo by Vince VanderHeijden, Joe Fernandes, Val Bugh, Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Dave Christie Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Bombus sonorus (Sonoran bumble bee) photo by David Cook Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee) photo by Michael Knox Protandrena illinoiensis (mining bee) photo by David Cook Allograpta obliqua (flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Pipilo maculatus (spotted towhee) photo by George Ward Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo) photo by George Ward Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Beth Kirkhart Penthimia americana & Clastoptera xanthocephala (leafhopper & sunflower spittlebug) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Unknown sp. & Tenuirostritermes cinereus (termitophile rove beetles & nasute termite workers & nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Euschistus sp. (stink bug hatchlings) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Euphoria kernii (flower scarabs) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 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) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Symphylan (Scutigerella immaculata) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Unknown sp.) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Terrestrial Horsehair Worm (Gordius terrestris) Asian Jumping Worm (Amynthas agrestis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & egg)       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Ascia monuste   Great Southern White       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius sp.   Checkered-skipper (larva)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes sp.   Skipperling    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling (larva)       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth (adult & larva)       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Zale lunata   Lunate Zale    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth    eutellidae   Marathyssa inficita   Dark Marathyssa    sphingidae   Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (adult & larva)       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth (larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Ufa lithosella   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth       Bandera binotella   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferanus   Oak Leafroller Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista matutina   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista canana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Larisa subsolana   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia mirusella   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)       Antaeotricha albulella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth       Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix pulchrimella   Moth       Periploca sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    momphidae   Mompha sp.   Mompha Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    nepticulidae   Stigmella sp.   Pygmy Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Rhabdopterus sp.   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle       Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Agrilus pectoralis   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    dermestidae   Cryptorhopalum sp.   Dermestid Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle       Unknown sp.   Termitophile Rove Beetle    hydrophilidae   Hydrophilus triangularis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Laccophilus sp.   Predaceous Diving Beetle    ptinidae   Tricorynus sp.   Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scirtidae   Scirtes orbiculatus   Marsh Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus lunulatus   Flower Scarab       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    melyridae   Attalus nigripes   Soft-winged Flower Beetle       Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    scraptiidae   Diclidia laetula   False Flower Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha hirticula   Soldier Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    erotylidae   Languria laeta   Lizard Beetle       Pseudischyrus extricatus   Pleasing Fungus Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Platydema micans   Darkling Beetle       Rhipidandrus paradoxus   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug (nymph)       Xyonysius californicus   Seed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Lopidea confluenta   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma nicholi   Nolina Plant Bug       Deraeocoris davisi   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus obscurus   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus modestus   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus politus   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Rasahus hamatus   Assassin Bug    anthocoridae   Orius tristicolor   Minute Pirate Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Empoasca fabae   Potato Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Xestocephalus brunneus   Leafhopper       Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Erythroneura sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Xerophloea viridis   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Fowlerium acutum   Planthopper    membracidae   Heliria cristata   Treehopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug (adult & nymph)    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid (gall)       Pachypsylla celtidisasterisca   Hackberry Star Gall Psyllid (gall)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Macrosiphum sp.   Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus ligatus   Furrow Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena illinoiensis   Mining Bee       Protandrena sp.   Mining Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Chalybion zimmermanni   Blue Mud Dauber    vespidae   Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant (male)       Labidus coecus   Army Ant (male)       Forelius mccooki   Ant (male)       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant (alate)    pteromalidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    eurytomidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Aleiodes politiceps   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (adult & pupa)    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly    tenthredinidae   Pseudosiobla excavata   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Ormia sp.   Tachinid Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    sciomyzidae   Dictya sp.   Marsh Fly    tephritidae   Tomoplagia obliqua   Fruit Fly       Neaspilota sp.   Fruit Fly       Neotephritis finalis   Sunflower Seed Maggot       Terellia sp.   Fruit Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    cecidomyiidae   Vitisiella brevicauda   Gall Midge (gall)       Celticecis globosa   Globular Leaf Gall Midge (gall)       Celticecis sp.   Gall Midge (gall)    chironomidae   Tanypus neopunctipennis   Midge       Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Anopheles sp.   Mosquito (larva)       Unknown sp.   Mosquito (larva) odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher (adult & exuviae) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus gladstoni   Gladston's Spurthroat Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper (nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (adult & nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes cinereus   Nasute Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysopa oculata   Green Lacewing       Yumachrysa sp.   Green Lacewing       Chrysoperla plorabunda   Green Lacewing (larva)    coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Leptocerus americanus   Long-horned Caddisfly thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   salticidae   Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider       Colonus sp.   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa celer   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider       Pisaurina dubia   Nursery Web Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula