This week's survey was completed by a team of nine under mostly cloudy and chilly conditions. The color of many caterpillars reflects that of their host plant. The magenta Eupithecia larva shown below acquired its stunning hue after feeding on the purple flowers of Liatris. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Oncometopia orbona (leafhopper) photo by Barbara Ribble Taylorilygus apicalis (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Val Bugh Chrysolina auripennis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Neomyia cornicina (fly) photo by Val Bugh Encoptolophus costalis (dusky grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid) photo by Barbara Ribble Enicospilus sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh caterpillar with odd coiffure) photo by Val Bugh Hypercompe scribonia (great leopard moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Val Bugh Mestra amymone (common mestra) photo by Val Bugh Mestra amymone (common mestra: underside) photo by Val Bugh Eurymerodesmus sp. (millipede) photo by Val Bugh Plethodon albagula (western slimy salamander, juvenile) photo by Val Bugh Dendroica coronata (yellow-rumped warbler) photo by Barbara Ribble Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf dramatic frontal boundary at midmorning photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Meadowlark (Sturnella sp.) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Amphibians: Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Misc.: Polydesmid Millipede (Eurymerodesmida sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth (larva)    geometridae   Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ateuchus sp.   Dung Beetle hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   muscidae   Neomyia cornicina   Fly    lauxaniidae   Melanomyza femoralis   Lauxaniid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (egg sac)    salticidae   Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Anelosimus studiosus   Social Cobweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx