It was very warm and sunny as five people completed this week's survey. Butterflies are diurnal, meaning they are active by day and rest during the night. The group of Danaus species shown below, including Queens, Monarchs and a Soldier, were still roosting in the cool of the early morning. When the sun warmed things up a short time later, they, along with many other species, were all busy feeding on the nearby Shrubby Boneset. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Melissodes sp. (long-horned bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Nomada texana (cuckoo bee) photo by Val Bugh Coelioxys sp. (parasitic leaf-cutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Polistes bellicosus (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda pennipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum vicinum (autumn meadowhawk, male) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca obscura (obscure bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea tabulata (opuntia bug) photo by Val Bugh Emesaya brevipennis (thread-legged bug) photo by Val Bugh Eacles imperialis (imperial moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Duponchelia fovealis (European pepper moth) photo by Val Bugh Haematopis grataria (chickweed geometer) photo by Val Bugh Melanchroia chephise (white-tipped black) photo by Val Bugh Anaea aidea (tropical leafwing) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by Val Bugh Danaus spp. (queens, monarchs, & soldier) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Dryas iulia   Julia Heliconian       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus eresimus   Soldier       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Anaea aidea   Tropical Leafwing       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (adult & larva)       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema proterpia   Tailed Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Pyrgus oileus   Tropical Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail (adult & larva)       Heliopetes laviana   Laviana White-skipper       Heliopetes macaira   Turk's-cap White-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Eantis tamenund   Sickle-winged Skipper    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Elaphria fuscimacula   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Condica sp.   Moth (larva)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth    erebidae   Goniapteryx servia   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Hypocala andremona   Moth       Ptichodis vinculum   Black-tipped Ptichodis       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar (larva)    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth (larva)    geometridae   Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Scopula limboundata   Large Lace-border       Haematopis grataria   Chickweed Geometer       Melanchroia chephise   White-tipped Black    crambidae   Steniodes mendica   Moth       Pilocrocis ramentalis   Scraped Pilocrocis       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Duponchelia fovealis   European Pepper Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Peach Fruitworm Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta sp.   Blister Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Trigonotylus sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Nomada texana   Cuckoo Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Neoconocephalus triops   Broad-tipped Conehead    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes elevatus   Silver Dewdrop Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider