A team of fifteen contributed to this week's survey under mostly cloudy, windy and cool conditions. Caterpillars that feed on flowers sometimes absorb pigment from their meal. The Gray Hairstreak shown below was eating Blue-curls while the Blackberry Looper obtained its yellow hue from Rudbeckia. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Yvonne Karnath Molothrus ater (brown-headed cowbird) photo by George Ward Piranga rubra (summer tanager) photo by Yvonne Karnath Passerina caerulea (blue grosbeak) photo by Beth Kirkhart Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Yvonne Karnath Geothlypis trichas (common yellowthroat) photo by Beth Kirkhart Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Yvonne Karnath Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Prosapia bicincta (two-lined spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Uroleucon verbesinae (bicolored frostweed aphids) photo by David Cook Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Rhionaeshna multicolor (blue-eyed darner) photo by Julie Shaw Arta olivalis (olive arta moth) photo by Val Bugh Erastria decrepitaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Atomosia melanopogon (robber fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Pelegrina galathea & Unknown sp. (peppered jumper eating another spider) photo by Vince VanderHeijden Anelosimus studiosus (social cobweb weaver) photo by Joe Fernandes larvae: Schinia mitis (flower moth), Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak), Adaina ambrosiae (ambrosia plume moth) photo by Julie Shaw, Julie Shaw & Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper) photo by Michael Knox Pepsis sp. (tarantula-hawk wasp) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 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) Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) Western Cattle-egret (Bubulcus ibis) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 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 & tracks Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Texas Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi texana) Misc.: Polygyrid Land Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Sympistis kappa   Moth       Schinia mitis   Flower Moth (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Zale edusina   Moth       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria    arctiidae   Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Pygarctia lorula   Tiger Moth    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (adult & larva)       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)       Erastria decrepitaria   Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (adult & larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Arta olivalis   Olive Arta Moth       Hypsopygia olinalis   Yellow-fringed Dolichomia       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth    tortricidae   Pelochrista matutina   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferanus   Oak Leafroller Moth       Rhopobota dietziana   Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth    gelechiidae   Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Chionodes trichostola   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Perimede sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth (larva)       Unknown sp.   Plume Moth (larva)    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia bosquella   Pygmy Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & pupa)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn       Sphaenothecus bilineatus   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga torta   June Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    curculionidae   Odontocorynus sp.   Weevil       Smicronyx centralis   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus wickhami   Stilt Bug    miridae   Lopidea confluenta   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Lidopus heidemanni   Jumping Tree Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius elegans   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   leafhopper    tropiduchidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    delphacidae   Saccharosydne saccharivora   West Indian Canefly    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aleyrodidae   Tetraleurodes mori   Mulberry Whitefly    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Macrosiphum gaurae   Beeblossom Aphid       Uroleucon verbesinae   Bicolored Frostweed Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula-hawk Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant (male)       Labidus coecus   Army Ant (male)       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant (alate)    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (larva)    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly       Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    agromyzidae   Unknown sp.   Leafminer Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly       Dioxyna picciola   Fruit Fly       Eutreta sp.   Fruit Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anisopodidae   Olbiogaster sp.   Wood Gnat    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Tanytarsus sp.   Green Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner       Rhionaeshna multicolor   Blue-eyed Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spurthroated Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (adult & nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper neuroptera   coniopterygidae   Unknown sp.   Dustywing    chrysopidae   Chrysopa oculata   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs)    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion ephemeroptera   baetidae   Unknown sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider       Anelosimus studiosus   Social Cobweb Weaver    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula