Nine people participated in this week's survey, including experienced birders. We saw more birds; big surprise. A range of weather conditions from cool and overcast to warm and sunny prevailed. The butterflies and moths (and their larvae) are certainly on the increase. With the help of an entomologist specializing in beetles, we have added more species in that order. More photos available at: Mike's Picasa Gallery. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Apiomerus longispinis (bee assassin) photo by Val Bugh Isohydnocera sp. (checkered beetle) photo by Val Bugh Castianeira trilineata (ant-mimic spider) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (damselfly exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryi (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Yponomeuta atomocella (brown-bordered ermine moth) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak larva) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by Val Bugh Pococera militella (pyralid moth) photo by Val Bugh Schizura errucata (prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (shield bug eggs hatching) photo by Val Bugh Sigela penumbrata (stippled sigela moth) photo by Val Bugh Chrysopilus sp. (snipe fly) photo by Val Bugh Libytheana carinenta (American snout) photo by Val Bugh Ozodiceromyia sp. (stiletto fly) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Sympistis perscripta (scribbled sallow larva) photo by Val Bugh Atymna sp. (tree hopper) photo by Val Bugh Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph larva) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Carthartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Amphibians & Reptiles: Gulf Coast Toad tadpoles (Bufo valliceps) Unidentified baby turtle (family Emydidae) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak (larva)    hesperiidae   Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Sympistis perscripta   Scribbled Sallow (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper       Cucullia sp.   Moth (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm       Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph (larva)    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent (adult & larva)       Schizura errucata   Prominent (larva)       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar    geometridae   Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia (larva)       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray (larva)    crambidae   Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pterophoridae   Geina sp.   Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Ermine Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (larva)    elachistidae   Antaeotricha lindseyi   Bird-dropping Moth    pyralidae   Pococera militella   Moth    tortricidae   Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth    yponomeutidae   Yponomeuta atomocella   Brown-bordered Ermine Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Unknown sp.   Damselfly (exuviae) diptera   syrphidae   Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Euparyphus sp.   Soldier Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    tephritidae   Campiglossa sp.   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    rhagionidae   Chrysopilus sp.   Snipe Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Chrysomela sp.   Leaf Beetle (pupa)       Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda munda   Ladybird Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    meloidae   Pyrota insulata   Blister Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus lecontei   Metallic Wood-borer    cantharidae   Malthinus occipitalis   Soldier Beetle    cerambycidae   Euderces pini   Long-horned Beetle    melandryidae   Symphora sp.   False Darkling Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    dermestidae   Unknown sp.   Dermestid Beetle    cleridae   Isohydnocera sp.   Checkered Beetle    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   miridae   Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Unknown sp.   Shield Bug (eggs hatching)    reduviidae   Apiomerus longispinis   Bee Assassin    coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    coccidae   Pulvinaria sp.   Cottony Scale    membracidae   Atymna sp.   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Sweat Bee orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    acrididae   Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    thomisidae   Tmarus sp.   Crab Spider    corinnidae   Castianeira trilineata   Ant-mimic Spider