A cold and sunny morning greeted our seven volunteers as they completed the last survey of the year. Arthropods rarely live long enough to show signs of old age, but, as shown below, they can range from the worn wings on a Red Admiral butterfly to the shriveled body of a Green Lynx spider as she guards her egg sac until she dies. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) photo by Dan Zinn Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria zygotaria (emerald) photo by Val Bugh Caenurgina erechtea (forage looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypena scabra (green cloverworm) photo by Val Bugh Chrysodeixis includens (soybean looper) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia larva) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Lestes australis (southern spreadwing) photo by Val Bugh Harpalus sp. (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Sinea sp. (spined assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Mozena lunata (mesquite bug) photo by Val Bugh Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Taylorilygus apicalis (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx with egg sac) photo by Dan Zinn Pardosa sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Spizella passerina (chipping sparrow) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Misc.: Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen (larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm (larva)       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    geometridae   Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)    carabidae   Harpalus sp.   Ground Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp diptera   chironomidae   Clinotanypus sp.   Midge    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph) thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider