The theme this time was "cold butterflies." Nine people participated in this chilly morning survey, the last of 2010. Finding camel crickets on the archway ceiling was a surprise, as they usually remain in subterranean lairs. An interesting, albeit tiny, find was the torymid wasp on a mantis egg case. These tiny parasitoids lay their eggs within those of the mantis. The female's ovipositor is as long as her body! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper, female) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Banasa euchlora (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black & yellow garden spider, located in archway) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Hogna carolinensis (Carolina wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Euacidalia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lithophane lemmeri (pinion) photo by Val Bugh Udea rubigalis (celery leaftier moths mating) photo by Val Bugh Aspidiotus nerii (oleander scale) photo by Val Bugh Phytocoris sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Polymerus basalis (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (torymid wasp, subfamily monodontomerinae, on mantis egg case) photo by Val Bugh Rumina decollata (decollate snail, immature) photo by Val Bugh Styloxus fulleri (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (katydid eggs) photo by Val Bugh Ceuthophilus sp. (camel cricket) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Misc.: Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Millipede (order julida) Stone Centipede (family lithobiidae) Harvestman (family phalangiidae) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Lithophane lemmeri   Pinion    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Caterpillar    geometridae   Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    psychidae   Unknown sp.   Bagworm Cocoon coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Long-horned Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper    diaspididae   Aspidiotus nerii   Oleander Scale hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    torymidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket    tettigoniidae   Unknown sp.   Katydid (eggs) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora placida   Orbweaver    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider       Hogna carolinensis   Carolina Wolf Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Thanatus sp.   Running Crab Spider