The morning was warm and sunny as a team of nine completed this week's survey. While central Texas is known for having a number of rare endemic aquatic salamanders, the Slimy Salamander shown below is more widespread. It belongs to a family called the lungless salamanders and breathes through its skin, which is coated with a very adhesive mucous. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Plethodon albagula (western slimy salamander) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Barbara Ribble Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (wolf spider) photo by Barbara Ribble Mangora sp. (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Lestes alacer (plateau spreadwing) photo by Dan Zinn Anelaphus parallelus (oak twig pruner) photo by Barbara Ribble Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's hawk) photo by Glenna Hemphill Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (midge) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Ypsolopha unicipunctella (agarita slug larva) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis) photo by Barbara Ribble Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Anaea aidea (tropical leafwing) photo by Val Bugh Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Glenna Hemphill Pontia protodice (checkered white) photo by Val Bugh Disholcaspis sp. (gall wasp) photo by Val Bugh Brachygastra mellifica (Mexican honey wasp nest) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) adult & tadpoles Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Velvet Mite (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Anaea aidea   Tropical Leafwing       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Metria amella   Live Oak Metria       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Hypomecis umbrosaria   Umber Moth       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (larva) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    cerambycidae   Anelaphus parallelus   Oak Twig Pruner       Placosternus difficilis   Longhorn Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    reduviidae   Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Brachygastra mellifica   Mexican Honey Wasp (old nest)    cynipidae   Disholcaspis sp.   Gall Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant (male) diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   lestidae   Lestes alacer   Plateau Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph) araneae   araneidae   Mangora sp.   Orbweaver    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Bassaniana sp.   Crab Spider