It was uncomfortably cold as four participants completed this week's survey. The clouds cleared only around 11:30 AM. Just as with tracks or scat, sometimes we do not see the actual creature, but only clues to its existence. Shown below are three examples involving insects: a gall encasing a fly larva, a mantis egg case, and scale insects living sequestered beneath protective shells. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Enicospilus sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Neodeceia sp. (lauxaniid fly) photo by Val Bugh Senopterina caerulescens (signal fly) photo by Val Bugh butterflies too cold to fly: American snout, dainty sulphur, gray hairstreak & sleepy orange photo by Val Bugh Brephidium exile (western pygmy-blue) photo by Val Bugh Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Acronicta tota (dagger) photo by Val Bugh Litodonta hydromeli (prominent) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia bolterii (pug) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria zygotaria (emerald) photo by Val Bugh Ephestia kuehniella (Mediterranean flour moth) photo by Val Bugh Ephestiodes sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lycia ypsilon (woolly gray: male & female) photo by Val Bugh Walshomyia sabinae (gall midge larva on juniper) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis egg case) photo by Val Bugh Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum (terrapin scale) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Thessalia theona   Theona Checkerspot (larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Brephidium exile   Western Pygmy-blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Acronicta tota   Dagger       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent    geometridae   Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Pero meskaria   Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Eupithecia bolterii   Pug       Eupithecia sp.   Pug       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray    crambidae   Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    pyralidae   Ephestia kuehniella   Mediterranean Flour Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia hagenella   Ethmia Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    acrolepiidae   Acrolepiopsis leucoscia   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cleridae   Monophylla terminata   Checkered Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Hypera postica   Weevil       Tyloderma foveolatum   Weevil hemiptera   lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper    coccidae   Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum   Terrapin Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly       Peleteria sp.   Tachinid Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Walshomyia sabinae   Gall Midge (larva) orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (egg case) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    salticidae   Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider