Moderate temperatures on a cloudy morning made this week's survey delightful for the six participants. Cotton rats, such as the youngster shown here, are frequently seen in the Gardens. Females can produce litters of 2-10 up to 9 times a year and young can be weaned as early as 5 days! They provide prey for snakes, bobcats, coyotes, foxes and, of course, the resident great horned owls. Additional survey pictures can be viewed on Dvori's Flickr page. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sigmodon hispidus (young hispid cotton rat) photo by Barbara Ribble Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (meadow katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Rhopalophora longipes (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Kuschelina gibbitarsa (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Piezodorus guildinii (red-banded stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug) photo by Barbara Ribble Cuerna costalis (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Caloptilia rhoifoliella (sumac leafblotch miner moth) photo by Val Bugh Walshia miscecolorella (sweetclover root borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye larva) photo by Val Bugh Episemasia cervinaria (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (hatchling hornworm eating its egg shell) photo by Val Bugh Scopula umbilicata (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Argia plana (springwater dancer) photo by Barbara Ribble Anthomyia illocata (root maggot fly) photo by Val Bugh Boreothrinax maculipennis (pyrgotid fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Kaira alba (frilled orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Maevia inclemens (dimorphic jumper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) adult & tadpoles Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    erebidae   Goniapteryx servia   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    sphingidae   Unknown sp.   Hornworm (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (eggs)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth (adult & larva)       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth (larva)       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Scopula umbilicata   Moth (larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    thyrididae   Thyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth (larva)    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis levipedella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Walshia miscecolorella   Sweetclover Root Borer Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia rhoifoliella   Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle       Kuschelina gibbitarsa   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Rhopalophora longipes   Longhorn Beetle    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle       Agriotes insanus   Click Beetle    erotylidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    cantharidae   Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle       Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle    curculionidae   Epicaerus sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil       Geraeus sp.   Weevil       Myrmex scrobicollis   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug       Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph)       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Piezodorus guildinii   Red-banded Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Microcentrus caryae   Treehopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Neivamyrmex sp.   Legionary Ant (male "sausage fly") diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly       Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulexcens   Signal Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    pyrgotidae   Boreothrinax maculipennis   Pyrgotid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    anthomyiidae   Anthomyia sp.   Root Maggot Fly       Anthomyia illocata   Root Maggot Fly    psychodidae   Clogmia albipunctata   Moth Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus sp.   Mosquito    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)       Neonemobius sp.   Ground Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis   Green Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver       Kaira alba   Frilled Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Maevia inclemens   Dimorphic Jumper    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider