The weather was sunny and not too hot as five participants completed this week's survey. Camouflage is an important defense that helps many insects elude their predators. Two good examples of tree bark mimicry are shown below: the predatory stink bug, which hunts for caterpillars amongst branches, and the cicada. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworms, color variations) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary, just molted - it simply walked out of its old skin!) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta sp. (moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Schinia gracilenta (slender flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia phecolisca (bird-dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Spragueia obatra (moth) photo by Val Bugh Grotella septempunctata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lamprosema victoriae (moth) photo by Val Bugh Goditha bumeliana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Holochroa dissociarius (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Alydus pilosulus (broad-headed bug) photo by Val Bugh Brochymena sp. (rough stink bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug, nymphs & feeding damage on prickly pear) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen resh (cicada) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus festinatus (carpenter ant, major worker) photo by Val Bugh Megachile exilis (slender resin bee) photo by Val Bugh Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Euptilon sp. (antlion) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & egg)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    papilionidae   Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Eublemma minima   Everlasting Bud Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Ptidchodis vinculum   Black-tipped Ptichodis       Plagiomimicus pityochromus   Black-barred Brown       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth       Schinia gracilenta   Slender Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Brooomweed Flower Moth       Grotella septempunctata   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Sphinx dollii   Doll's Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Caripeta triangulata   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Moth    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Pyrausta sp.   Moth (larva)       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Lamprosema victoriae   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (adult & larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Amyelois transitella   Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eucosma sp.   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth       Coleophora sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Chionodes phalacra   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle    meloidae   Pyrota deceptiva   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Texananus excultus   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen resh   Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile exilis   Slender Resin Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Euptilon sp.   Antlion    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg)       Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus sp.   Brown Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper