A team of five completed this week's survey under mostly sunny and warm conditions. Many arthropods can be classified as predators or herbivores, but another important category is that of scavenger. These "clean-up crew" critters eat things such as fallen leaves, droppings and carcasses. The darkling beetle shown below is feasting on a dead moth it found under one of the lights. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Eacles imperialis (imperial moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia rivulosa (ragweed flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia bina (flower moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Mimoschinia rufofascialis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Euclea incisa (oak slug moth) photo by Val Bugh Suleima helianthana (sunflower bud moth) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper larva) photo by Val Bugh Solenopsis invicta (imported fire ant dragging a grasshopper leg) photo by Val Bugh Eristalis sp. (flower fly, with pollen-covered eyes!) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca obscura (obscure bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryi (darkling beetle eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevil) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail, red form female) photo by Val Bugh Argia fumipennis (variable dancer, male) photo by Val Bugh Thiodina sylvana (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Dalquestia formosa (Halloween harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Paeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & pupa)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia bina   Flower Moth       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth       Grotella septempunctata   Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    saturniidae   Eacles imperialis   Imperial Moth    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Rindgea disparcata   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Eucosma persolita   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    limacodidae   Euclea incisa   Oak Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle    cleridae   Lecontella brunnea   Checkered Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    cerambycidae   Sternidius mimeticus   Longhorn Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Unknown sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    reduviidae   Emesaya brevipennis   Stilt-legged Bug (nymph)    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia sp.   Water Treader homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Psorophora cyanescens   Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia translata   Dusky Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trachyrhachys kiowa   Kiowa Grasshopper       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera velii   Prairie Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    theridiidae   Neospintharus furcatus   Cobweb Spider       Theridion sp.   Cobweb Spider    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider