The weather has been the same as for several previous days: cloudy and humid, but not too hot. Our party of four found a few unusual things, including two different kinds of owlflies, unusual members of the order Neuroptera (note the split eye on the Ululodes species). A Snowberry Clearwing (a sphinx moth) was ovipositing on the Coral Honeysuckle, and we witnessed a small grasshopper molting. The Lipocosmodes moth listed as "new species" is not new or rare, but has just not been formally named yet. More photos available at: Marilyn's Webshots Gallery. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Acontia cretata (bird-dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue larva) photo by Val Bugh Crambodes talidiformis (verbena moth) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Val Bugh Diplotaxis sp. (scarab) photo by Val Bugh Donacia sp. (aquatic leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Omphalocera cariosa (barberry webworm eggs, already hatched) photo by Val Bugh Ethmia zelleriella (Zeller's ethmia moth) photo by Val Bugh Eulithis diversilineata (lesser grapevine looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog tadpole) photo by Val Bugh Larinia directa (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Lipocosmodes new species (moth) photo by Val Bugh Paraidemona sp. (grasshopper molting) photo by Val Bugh Satyrium favonius (oak hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Ascaloptynx appendiculata (owlfly) photo by Val Bugh Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly) photo by Val Bugh Araneus pegnia (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Limax flavus (slug) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing larva) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Carthartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog, tadpoles (Rana berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad, tadpoles (Bufo valliceps) Mollusks: Slug (Limax flavus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Phaeostrymon alcestis   Oak Hairstreak       Phaeostrymon alcestis   Soapberry Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Acontia cretata   Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    geometridae   Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth       Rindgea cyda   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva pustulella   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (adult & larva)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    pyralidae   Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm (egg & larva)    crambidae   Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Lipocosmodes new species   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Leafroller Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    asilidae   Atomosia sp.   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Systena sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Obrium maculatum   Long-horned Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus depressus   Ground Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   miridae   Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph & adult)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid    acrididae   Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly       Ascaloptynx appendiculata   Owlfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Larinia directa   Orbweaver    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver