Six participants braved the very cold, windy morning to conduct this week's survey. Although it was sunny, the low temperature and very strong winds made invertebrates difficult to find, hence the short list this time. One notable sighting was the fruit fly shown below. The wing markings, when viewed from various angles, usually look like a jumping spider, and it is probable that this mimicry helps repel some predators. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf Cudonigera houstonana (juniper budworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Nomophila nearctica (Lucerne moth) photo by Val Bugh Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryi (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Rhagoletis sp. (fruit fly) photo by Val Bugh Chrysoperla sp. (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, male) photo by Val Bugh Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch    noctuidae   Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth coleoptera   tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (nymph) homoptera   monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Rhagoletis sp.   Fruit Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing microcoryphia   unknown   Unknown sp.   Jumping Bristletail