It was cool, heavily overcast and drizzling as three participants completed this week's survey. This is the season when we see many species of crane flies in our area. They might look like overgrown mosquitoes but they are harmless; the lethal looking mouthparts on the crane fly shown below are used for feeding on nectar, not blood. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Lissohypnus texanus (rove beetle) photo by Val Bugh Diplotaxis sp. (scarab beetle) photo by Val Bugh Paria sp. (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Ditemnus perforatus (soldier beetle near moth eggs) photo by Val Bugh Euchlaena marginaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pseudexentera spoliana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Acronicta lepetita (dagger) photo by Val Bugh Metria amella (live oak metria) photo by Barbara Ribble Lochmaeus bilineata (double-lined prominent) photo by Val Bugh Schizura errucata (prominent) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper, rather wet) photo by Val Bugh Limonia sp. (limoniid crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca sp. (bird grasshopper nymph, very wet) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (braconid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Neivamyrmex sp. (legionary ant male, extremely wet!) photo by Val Bugh Leiobunum sp. (harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Schizocosa sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Otala lactea (garden snail, immature) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), tail feather Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpole Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Julid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Agrotis malefida   Rascal Dart       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Acronicta lepetita   Dagger    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth       Cisthene sp.   Lichen Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Eupithecia bolterii   Pug Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Euchlaena marginaria   Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera spoliana   Leafroller Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Moth (eggs) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Paria sp.   Leaf Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    cantharidae   Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    staphylinidae   Lissohypnus texanus   Rove Beetle hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    formicidae   Neivamyrmex sp.   Legionary Ant (male) diptera   bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly    pyrgotidae   Boreothrinax maculipennis   Pyrgotid Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Limoniid Crane Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Unknown sp.   Katydid (eggs)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider