Four volunteers participated in this week's survey. The temperature was around freezing at dawn but quickly rose to a comfortable level under sunny skies. Midges resemble mosquitoes in size and body shape, and both are members of the diptera, or true flies. Besides not biting, midges may be distinguished from mosquitoes by they way they hold their legs: midges hold FRONT legs up and forward, while many mosquitoes hold their BACK legs in the opposite direction. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Acanthocephala declivis (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Lygus lineolaris (tarnished plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Amblytropidia mysteca (brown winter grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Eritettix abortivus (Texas short-winged slantfaced grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Paratettix mexicanus (pygmy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Apis mellifera (honey bees flying to nest) photo by Val Bugh Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (root maggot fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (midge) photo by Val Bugh Ethmia semilugens (ethmia moth) photo by Val Bugh Iridopsis defectaria (brown-shaded gray) photo by Val Bugh Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm moth, male) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ground spider) photo by Val Bugh Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren) photo by Barbara Ribble Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 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) Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Paleacrita vernata   Spring Cankerworm Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Lygus lineolaris   Tarnished Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) araneae   lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx (egg sac)    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider