It was cool and cloudy as three volunteers completed this last survey of the year. Spitting spiders are unusual in having both silk and venom glands in their enlarged cephalothorax (the head part). They actually squirt poisonous silk at their prey! Instead of the usual eight eyes, these spiders have only six. They are arranged in three pairs that look amusingly like two eyes and a nose. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Scytodes sp. (spitting spider) photo by Val Bugh Mimetus sp. (pirate spider) photo by Val Bugh Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue larva with ant) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Rachiplusia ou (gray looper covered with water droplets) photo by Val Bugh Neokolla dolobrata (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Styloxus fulleri (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (physid pond snail) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Medetera sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (root maggot fly) photo by Val Bugh Culiseta inornata (mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Carolina Wren (Thryomanes ludovicianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Pond Snail (Unknown sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    noctuidae   Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth (pupa) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle hemiptera   miridae   Halticotoma sp.   Yucca Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Unknown sp.   Ant diptera   culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Medetera sp.   Long-legged Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    mogoplistidae   Cycloptilum sp.   Scaly Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig araneae   scytodidae   Scytodes sp.   Spitting Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider