Three participants completed this week's survey as the previous night's thunderstorms gave way to mostly sunny, warm, breezy conditions. Just because an animal is eating another, it doesn't necessarily follow that the former is a predator. Scavengers are an important part of any ecosystem, cleaning up organic debris of all kinds. The slow-moving millipede shown below is feasting on a leafhopper that was undoubtedly already dead when found. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard eating a grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Otala lactea (garden snail, immature) photo by Val Bugh Dolichoplana striata (land planarian) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (julid millipede eating a leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum vicinum (autumn meadowhawk) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk) photo by Val Bugh Libellula croceipennis (neon skimmer, with exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Carabus sp. (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Chrysolina auripennis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Scaptolenus sp. (rain click beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Diapheromera sp. (walkingstick, view from underneath) photo by Val Bugh Hypercompe scribonia (great leopard moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Stiria intermixta (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Herpetogramma bipunctalis (two-spotted herpetogramma) photo by Val Bugh Hypena minualis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Libytheana carinenta (American snout) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.), order Julida Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Land Planarian (Dolichoplana striata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus eresimus   Soldier       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper Moth       Unknown sp.   Looper (larva)       Spodoptera albula   Gray Streaked Armyworm Moth       Cucullia sp.   Moth       Stiria intermixta   Moth (larva)       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Hypena minualis   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth (larva)    saturniidae   Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus quadrinotellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Herpetogramma bipunctalis   Two-spotted Herpetogramma       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Lineodes triangulalis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Peoria sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth    tortricidae   Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Peach Fruitworm Moth    gracillariidae   Leucospilapteryx venustella   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    gelechiidae   Brachyacma palpigera   Soybean Webworm Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle       Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    elateridae   Scaptolenus sp.   Rain Click Beetle    carabidae   Carabus sp.   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Conotrachelus naso   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Erythroneura vulnerata   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Cixius sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Scoliid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   calliphoridae   Chrysomya sp.   Blow Fly    empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    drosophilidae   Zaprionus indianus   Vinegar Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Phaedrotettix concinnus   Spur-throated Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera sp.   Walking Stick ephemeroptera   baetidae   Unknown sp.   Small Minnow Mayfly araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider