The weather was sunny, cold and windy as three participants conducted this week's survey. Many lizards, like the chilled anole shown below, have on the center of their head a "third eye," also called a pineal, or parietal, eye. This organ is covered by skin but is light-sensitive and assists with thermoregulation. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Orphulella speciosa (pasture grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Encoptolophus costalis (dusky grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Hippiscus ocelote (wrinkled grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Trachyrhachys kiowa (Kiowa grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis egg case) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole - see the parietal eye?) photo by Val Bugh Orthonama obstipata (the gem) photo by Val Bugh Magusa divaricata (orbed narrow-wing) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Culiseta inornata (a rather large mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Gyponana sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Euschistus obscurus (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Pardosa sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Inca Dove (Columbina inca) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.), order Julida Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Magusa divaricata   Orbed Narrow-wing       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Orthonama obstipata   The Gem coleoptera   curculionidae   Hypera postica   Weevil hemiptera   miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    simuliidae   Cnephia pecuarum   Southern Buffalo Gnat    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Hippiscus ocelote   Wrinkled Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig araneae   araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider