A team of six enjoyed cool, mostly cloudy conditions during this week's survey, in spite of occasional light rain which hampered photography. Mites are tiny arachnids related to spiders and ticks. Many are red and look quite similar, but they can have very diverse lifestyles, as shown below with a pollen eating mite on a flower and a parasitic species on a butterfly. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Augochloropsis metallica (very wet green sweat bees) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Litaneutra minor (ground mantis, female eating spider) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus varicornis (tree cricket, male) photo by Val Bugh Leptostylus transversus (longhorn beetle) photo by Dan Zinn Unknown sp. (lady beetle, exuviae) photo by Val Bugh Mormidea lugens (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Polymerus basalis (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Aphis nerii (oleander aphids) photo by Val Bugh Balaustium sp. (pollen-eating mite) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (parasitic mite on Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona arabesca (arabesque orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Oenobotys texanalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Choephora fungorum (bent-line dart) photo by Val Bugh Pero meskaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pleuroprucha insulsaria (common tan wave) photo by Val Bugh Zale lunata (lunate zale) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Val Bugh Pareuchaetes insulata (yellow-winged pareuchaetes larva) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpole Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer), tadpole Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Mite (Leptus sp.) Mite (Unknown sp.) Mite (Balaustium sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva & pupa)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Choephora fungorum   Bent-line Dart    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (adult & larva)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pero meskaria   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Unknown sp.   Lady Beetle (exuviae)    chrysomelidae   Lysathia ludoviciana   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Leptostylus transversus   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Sitona californius   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Mormidea lugens   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant (queen) diptera   culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito (egg & larva)    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    muscidae   Unknown sp.   Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs)       Litaneutra minor   Ground Mantis neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing araneae   oxyopidae   Unknown sp.   Lynx Spider    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver