A cool, sunny and breezy morning felt great as a group of five completed this week's survey. Unfortunately, recent rains have produced abundant mosquitoes and they were hungry. While males were nectaring at (and pollinating) Shrubby Boneset, the females concentrated on obtaining their blood meal from us. The images below show how successful they were, in spite of our best defensive efforts. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Peucetia viridans (green lynx eating yellowjacket) photo by Harriett Wolf Peucetia viridans (green lynx with egg sac) photo by Dan Zinn Cyrpoptus sp. (fulgorid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Diolcus chrysorrhoeus (shield bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walking stick) photo by Val Bugh Neochlamisus sp. (warty leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Plagiometriona clavata (clavate tortoise beetle) photo by Val Bugh Phengodes sp. (glowworm larva) photo by Val Bugh Euclea incisa (oak slug larva) photo by Val Bugh Ogdoconta tacna (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus larva) photo by Val Bugh Nemapogon defectella (moth) photo by Dan Zinn Erinnyis lassauxii (Lassaux's sphinx) photo by Barbara Ribble Polites vibex (whirlabout) photo by Val Bugh Ochlerotatus trivittatus (mosquitoes, male) photo by Val Bugh Ochlerotatus trivittatus (mosquitoes, female) photo by Val Bug Rhamphomyia sp. (dance fly) photo by Val Bugh Protandrena sp. (bee) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Misc.: Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (pupa)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Polites vibex   Whirlabout    noctuidae   Ogdoconta tacna   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)       Erinnyis lassauxii   Lassaux's Sphinx    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)       Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug (larva)    tineidae   Nemapogon defectella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Neochlamisus sp.   Warty Leaf Beetle       Plagiometriona clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm (larva)    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Listroderes difficilis   Vegetable Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug (nymph)    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    fulgoridae   Cyrpoptus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp diptera   culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito       Culiseta inornata   Mosquito       Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito    empidae   Rhamphomyia sp.   Dance Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus argentinus   Prairie Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider