A team of six volunteers completed the last survey of the year; conditions were mild, partly sunny and breezy. Some insect species have more than one color form, which is especially advantageous when the vegetation might be either brown or green. At least some individuals would be well camouflaged in either case. Two examples of this variability are shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus festinatus (carpenter ant, major worker) photo by Val Bugh Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee living dangerously) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider, on its retreat) photo by Val Bugh Trachelas sp. (spider) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (symphylans) photo by Val Bugh Anicla infecta (green cutworm) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Udea rubigalis (celery leaftier moth) photo by Val Bugh Caloptilia rhoifoliella (sumac leafblotch miner moth) photo by Val Bugh Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes tricostata (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Micromus sp. (brown lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Idiocerus sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Pelocoris sp. (creeping water bug) photo by Val Bugh Oebalus pugnax (rice stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug: color variations) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymphs: color variations) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Land Snail (Polygyra tholus) Millipede (Unknown sp.), order Julida Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Symphylan (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) 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   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm (larva)       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth    geometridae   Rindgea disparcata   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug (larva)    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia rhoifoliella   Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes tricostata   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Carabus sp.   Ground Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle hemiptera   miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug    naucoridae   Pelocoris sp.   Creeping Water Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Idiocerus sp.   Leafhopper       Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Eutreta sp.   Fruit Fly    ceratopogonidae   Unknown sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus sp.   Brown Lacewing araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    corinnidae   Trachelas sp.   Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider