Three volunteers completed this survey; conditions were cold and partly sunny. Flies that mimic wasps gain a slight survival advantage if their predators hesitate to tackle a stinging insect. A fly may have wasp-like colors (usually yellow and black), shape or other features that give the appropriate impression. In the case of the feather-legged fly shown below, the expanded back legs mimic the relatively larger such appendages on wasps, which characteristically hang down in flight. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Kricogonia lyside (lyside sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by Val Bugh Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Val Bugh Anavitrinella atristrigaria (Gulf coast gray) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Phigalia strigataria (small phigalia, male) photo by Val Bugh Phigalia strigataria (small phigalia, female) photo by Val Bugh Sinoe chambersi (moth) photo by Val Bugh Phoberia atomaris (common oak moth) photo by Val Bugh Crambodes talidiformis (verbena moth) photo by Val Bugh Psaphida resumens (figure-eight sallow) photo by Val Bugh Adaina ambrosiae (ambrosia plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Augochloropsis metallica (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda plumipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Chrysoperla sp. (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Pyrota insulata (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Hamataliwa grisea (gray lynx) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Misc.: Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Millipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Cissusa mucronata   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Eupithecia bolterii   Pug       Eupithecia longidens   Pug       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth       Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Sinoe chambersi   Moth    thyrididae   Pseudothyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    meloidae   Pyrota insulata   Blister Beetle hemiptera   cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (egg case) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   oxyopidae   Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx