A team of four completed this week's survey under warm and partly sunny conditions. The Red-eared Sliders that live in the front pond can be seen sunning themselves whenever weather permits. Males are slightly smaller than females and, as shown in the photo below, have much longer claws on their front feet. The male uses his long toenails to stroke the female during courtship. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Zonotrichia leucophrys (white-crowned sparrow) photo by Harriett Wolf Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared sliders, male & female) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Val Bugh Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Anelaphus parallelus (oak twig pruner) photo by Val Bugh Asphaera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Metaltella simoni (spider) photo by Val Bugh Porcellionides pruinosus (sowbug) photo by Val Bugh Aon noctuiformis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Platyptilia carduidactylus (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Phyllodesma americana (lappet moth) photo by Val Bugh Ellabella melanoclista (tropical fruitworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Udea rubigalis (celery leaftier moth) photo by Val Bugh Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis) photo by Val Bugh Zerene cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Coyote (Canis latrans) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Reptiles: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Sowbug (Porcellionides pruinosus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    lycaenidae   Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus sp.   Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    geometridae   Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Pero meskaria   Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    lasiocampidae   Phyllodesma americana   Lappet Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Moth    pterophoridae   Platyptilia carduidactylus   Plume Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella melanoclista   Tropical Fruitworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Anelaphus parallelus   Oak Twig Pruner    curculionidae   Hypera postica   Weevil (larva) hemiptera   rhyparochromidae   Malezonotus rufipes   Seed Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper