A cool, sunny morning warmed up quickly as five volunteers completed this week's survey. The mantis egg case, or ootheca, shown below contains dozens of eggs. The hardened foamy covering protects them through the winter. In the spring, the hatchlings will emerge through openings in the white zipper-like strip and quickly disperse; their predatory instincts kick in at birth and they will eat anything they can catch. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Palpita quadristigmalis (four-spotted palpita) photo by Val Bugh Diacme elealis (moth) photo by Dan Zinn Ephestiodes sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hammaptera parinotata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cobubatha dividua (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Val Bugh Schinia nundina (goldenrod flower moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Lintneria istar (istar sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum vicinum (autumn meadowhawk) photo by Val Bugh Lomamyia sp. (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (slant-faced grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis egg case) photo by Val Bugh Lygaeus kalmii (small milkweed bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (midge) photo by Val Bugh Rhagoletis sp. (fruit fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Barbara Ribble Ammophila sp. (thread-waisted wasp) photo by Val Bugh Haplorhynchites sp. (flower weevil) photo by Val Bugh Euphoria inda (hairy flower scarab) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), fresh tracks Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Cobubatha dividua   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Agrotis venerabilis   Venerable Dart       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm Moth       Schinia arcigera   Flower Moth       Schinia nundina   Goldenrod Flower Moth (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    sphingidae   Lintneria istar   Istar Sphinx (larva)       Erinnyis obscura   Obscure Sphinx    geometridae   Scopula compensata   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (adult & larva)       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita       Diacme elealis   Moth       Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth    tortricidae   Clepsis peritana   Garden Tortrix       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota stultana   Omnivorous Leafroller Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Euphoria inda   Hairy Flower Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Pseudopamera setosa   Seed Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug homoptera   pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon       Vulgichneumon brevicinctor   Ichneumon diptera   culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    tephritidae   Rhagoletis sp.   Fruit Fly    syrphidae   Eristalis transversa   Transverse Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Unknown sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus sp.   Brown Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider