This week's survey was conducted by four volunteers during a cool, foggy morning which gave way to sunny skies by mid-morning. Some of our butterfly species have different color forms in winter vs. summer broods. Two sulphurs shown below are distinctive examples. Although light yellow during the spring and summer (see photo from March), both Orange and Dainty Sulphurs, shown below, are often much darker in the winter, helping them absorb the sun's warmth more efficiently. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sinea sp. (spined assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus phyllopus (eastern leaf-footed bug) photo by Val Bugh Harmostes sp. (scentless plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Aquarius remigis (water strider) photo by Val Bugh Stenocranus unipunctatus (delphacid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Macrosteles quadrilineatus (aster leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (spittlebug nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle, on bluebonnet flower!) photo by Val Bugh Encoptolophus sp. (bandwing grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp, our smallest species) photo by Val Bugh Polistes rubiginosus (paper wasp, very large species!) photo by Val Bugh Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee, nectar stealing) photo by Val Bugh Otala lactea (garden snail - the round hole under the shell is the respiratory pore) photo by Val Bugh Cheiracanthium inclusum (sac spider) photo by Val Bugh Psamatodes abydata (dot-lined angle) photo by Val Bugh Ethmia hagenella (ethmia moth) photo by Val Bugh Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Val Bugh Leptotes marina (marine blue, male) photo by Val Bugh Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur, winter color phase) photo by Val Bugh Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur, winter color phase) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Sparrow (Unknown sp.), scattered bones & feathers Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Pond Snail (Unknown sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Thessalia theona   Theona Checkerspot (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & egg)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Spodoptera albula   Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia hagenella   Ethmia Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Psyllobora renifer   Ladybird Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Macrosteles quadrilineatus   Aster Leafhopper    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    delphacidae   Stenocranus unipunctatus   Planthopper    membracidae   Spissistilus sp.   Treehopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus ligatus   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper       Encoptolophus sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) araneae   oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider    miturgidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider