The weather was comfortably cool and partly sunny for the eight participants in this week's survey, which happened to be number 300 since the Fauna Project was initiated in 2010. Wolf spiders (family lycosidae) come in a wide range of sizes. Two adults are shown below to illustrate the comparison between a very small species and a rather large one. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Panorpa nuptialis (scorpionfly) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis) photo by Val Bugh Micromus sp. (brown lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Agapostemon sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Disonycha leptolineata (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Gyponana sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak larva) photo by Val Bugh Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) photo by Val Bugh Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Condica videns & Microplitis sp. (white-dotted groundling larva with braconid wasp larvae) photo by Val Bugh Samea baccatalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemeroplanis scopulepes (variable tropic moth) photo by Val Bugh (quartet of butterflies nectaring on coneflower) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper, rather wet) photo by Val Bugh Polites vibex (whirlabout) photo by Val Bugh Urbanus dorantes (dorantes longtail) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating skipper) photo by Val Bugh Schizocosa sp. & Rabidosa rabida (size comparison of wolf spiders) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx) photo by Val Bugh Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Dvori Bird Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Eurema proterpia   Tailed Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Ascia monuste   Great Southern White    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling       Polites vibex   Whirlabout       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Pyrgus oileus   Tropical Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Urbanus dorantes   Dorantes Longtail       Heliopetes laviana   Laviana White-skipper       Heliopetes macaira   Turk's-cap White-skipper    noctuidae   Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling (larva)       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Trichoplusia ni   Ni Moth (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Choephora fungorum   Bent-line Dart    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth (larva)       Ptichodis vinculum   Black-tipped Ptichodis       Mocis latipes   Small Mocis       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Hemeroplanis scopulepes   Variable Tropic Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth    arctiidae   Grammia arge   Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (adult & larva)       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx (larva)    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Pleuroprucha insularia   Common Tan Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pero meskaria   Moth       Melanchroia chephise   White-tipped Black       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth       Samea baccatalis   Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    tortricidae   Bactra furfurana   Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Disonycha leptolineata   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    carabidae   Harpalus sp.   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Scaptolenus sp.   Rain Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug       Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug (adult & nymph)       Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Piezodorus guildinii   Red-banded Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Neokolla sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Balclutha rubrostriata   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp       Microplitis sp.   Braconid Wasp (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Micromus sp.   Brown Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (egg sac)       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    anyphaenidae   Wulfila sp.   Ghost Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider