Fifteen volunteers enjoyed a cool, sunny morning as they participated in this week's survey. We had additional input from the staff-led birding group. What's the difference between "venomous" and "poisonous?" Illustrated below by two caterpillars, venom has a delivery system (the brittle spines on the Buck Moth) while the Monarch's diet of milkweed makes it poisonous. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bubo virginianus & Sciurus niger (great horned owl swallowing eastern fox squirrel) photo by Dwayne Mann Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by Harriett Wolf Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Joe Fernandes Cephalochrysa sp. (soldier fly) photo by Beth Kirkhart Eristalis stipator (flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Unknown sp. (cuckoo wasp) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Dwayne Mann Danaus plexippus & Hemileuca grotei (monarch & Grote's buck moth larvae) photo by Beth Kirkhart & Val Bugh Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) photo by Bill Boyd Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Joe Fernandes Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizards) photo by Beth Kirkhart Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Dwayne Mann Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary) photo by George Ward Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx) photo by Oscar Vaz Jalysus sp. (stilt bug) photo by Linda Crabtree Stictocephala sp. (treehopper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Deraeocoris sayi (plant bug) photo by Pat Dittmar Olla v-nigrum (ashy gray lady beetle larva) photo by Linda Crabtree Rumina decollata (decollate snail) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Psinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrileatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri), adult & tadpole Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pollen Mite (Balaustium sp.) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Pond Snail (Unknown sp.) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent (larva & pupa)       Megisto cymela   Little Wood-satyr       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth (adult & larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Bulia deducta   Moth       Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)       Spilosoma congrua   Agreeable Tiger Moth (larva)       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth    nolidae   Baileya australis   Small Baileya    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)       Hemileuca grotei   Grote's Buck Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-lined Carpet       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Diacme adipaloides   Darker Diacme Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Caudellia nigrella   Moth       Myelopsis alatella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Salebriaria turpidella   Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista scintillana   Moth       Sparganothis distincta   Leafroller Moth       Platynota semiustana   Platynota Moth       Cenopis pettitana   Maple-basswood Leafroller Moth       Argyrotaenia quercifoliana   Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Archips semiferana   Oak Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Compsolechia crescentifasciella   Moth       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa sp.   Moth       Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Pigritia sp.   moth    autostichidae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera       Taygete attributella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    scythrididae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Fidia sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (larva)       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle       Euderces reichei   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera neglecta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Lobopoda socia   Comb-clawed Beetle    oedemeridae   Heliocis repanda   False Blister Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria kernii   Flower Scarab    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella atrata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    melandryidae   Symphora rugosa   False Darkling Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    curculionidae   Unknown sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug       Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug       Rhinacloa forticormos   Western Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus sp.   Assassin Bug (egg)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Menecles insertus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    triozidae   Baeoalitriozus diospyri   Persimmon Psyllid (adult & nymph)    caliscelidae   Bruchomorpha sp.   Piglet Bug    aphididae   Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae   Waterlily Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    crabronidae   Liris sp.   Cricket Wasp       Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp    vespidae   Parazumia tolteca   Mason Wasp    formicidae   Labidus coecus   Legionary Ant (male)    chrysididae   Unknown sp.   Cuckoo Wasp    cynipidae   Belonocnema kinseyi   Gall Wasp       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon       Netelia sp.   Ichneumon       Trogomorpha arrogans   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Neacreotrichus sp.   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly       Cephalochrysa sp.   Soldier Fly       Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly       Hedriodiscus sp.   Soldier Fly    muscidae   Neomyia cornicina   Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    empididae   Rhamphomyia sp.   Dance Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet    lestidae   Lestes sp.   Spreadwing Damselfly    coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura sp.   Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus punctulatus   Pinetree Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Trimerotropis sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Brown Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis inconspicua   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Habronattus coecatus   Jumping Spider       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes apollo   Lynx Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider