The drizzle stopped, but it remained cold and cloudy all morning as ten volunteers participated in the final survey for this year. Most grasshoppers rely on their extraordinary camouflage to evade predators (see nymphs shown below). The aposematic form of the Spotted Bird Grasshopper, however, has an unusually specialized diet of citrus and advertises its distastefulness by sporting bright yellow warning colors. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala declivis (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) photo by Val Bugh Rhomphaea projiciens (cobweb weaver - head is at bottom) photo by Val Bugh Schizocosa sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Harmonia axyridis (multi-colored Asian lady beetle) photo by Val Bugh Styloxus fulleri (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper, aposematic color form) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymphs: colors that match habitat) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis egg case) photo by Val Bugh Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Dan Zinn Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Barbara Ribble Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth larva) photo by Barbara Ribble Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh caterpillar with wet butt) photo by Val Bugh Ypsolopha unicipunctella (agarita slug moth) photo by Val Bugh Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur, winter color form) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    arctiidae   Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes       Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    saturniidae   Unknown sp.   Giant Silkworm Moth (pupa)    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Pero meskaria   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp diptera   culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (egg case) araneae   araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theridiidae   Rhomphaea projiciens   Cobweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider