The weather was warm and cloudy with intermittent light rain as six volunteers completed this week's survey. The most familiar cockroaches are those that invade houses. There are other kinds, though, and they are important scavengers (the clean-up crew) in natural habitats. The small cockroach shown below is unusual in that, unlike almost all other species, it is diurnal, or active by day. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Lee Clippard Eulithis diversilineata (lesser grapevine looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Sigela penumbrata (stippled sigela moth) photo by Val Bugh Lipocosma polingi (moth) photo by Val Bugh Archips georgiana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm processing plant material) photo by Val Bugh Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth larva) photo by Dan Zinn Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva) photo by Val Bugh Alobates pensylvanica (false mealworm beetle) photo by Barbara Ribble Saxinis sinuata (leaf beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Fazia micrura (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Atomosia melanopogon (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Lopidea major (plant bug) photo by Barbara Ribble Ceresa sp. (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia conica (planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomops septentrionalis (pale-bordered field cockroach) photo by Val Bugh Leptomantispa pulchella (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktails mating) photo by Val Bugh Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (American white pelicans) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), dead adult & tadpoles Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult, larva & pupa)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Unknown sp.   Blue (larva)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Leucania adjuta   Adjutant Wainscot (larva)       Cucullia sp.   Moth (larva)       Bagisara nr. rectifascia   Moth (larva)       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth    erebidae   Sigela penumbrata   Stipled Sigela Moth       Lesmone detrahens   Detracted Owlet       Hypenula cacuminalis   Long-horned Owlet       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)       Actias luna   Luna Moth (pupa)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Fernaldella fimetaria   Moth    crambidae   Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Laetilia coccidivora   Moth       Honora mellinella   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Xenotemna pallorama   Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Eucosma matutina   Moth       Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    opostegidae   Pseudopostega albogaleriella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Saxinis sinuata   Leaf Beetle       Metachroma suturale   Leaf Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Sternidius mimeticus   Longhorn Beetle       Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Alobates pensylvanica   False Mealworm Beetle    erotylidae   Languria mozardi   Lizard Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus dimissus   Firefly    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle    carabidae   Carabus sp.   Ground Beetle       Discoderus aequalis   Ground Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephalus terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus plebejus   Seed Bug       Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    miridae   Prepops sp.   Plant Bug       Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Idiocerus sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanlonia laticosta   Planthopper (nymph)       Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (nymph)    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Tachypompilus unicolor   Spider Wasp    ichneumonidae   Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Fazia micrura   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva)    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly ephemeroptera   baetidae   Callibaetis sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver