It was a cold, sunny and breezy morning as ten volunteers participated in our last survey of the year. Some arthropods, mainly scavengers, can curl into a ball or spiral as a defense against predators (note the pillbug and crested millipede shown below). Centipedes cannot curl up, but even tiny species (also shown below) are predators and possess venom for both hunting and protection. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Harriett Wolf Urola nivalis (snowy urola) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Cixidia fusca (achilid planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chinavia hilaris (green stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus (wheel bug) photo by Joe Fernandes Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Joe Fernandes Plethodon albagula (western slimy salamander) photo by Barbara Ribble Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Joe Fernandes Unknown sp. (earthworm) photo by Barbara Ribble Unknown sp. (soil centipede) photo by Val Bugh Oxidus gracilis (greenhouse millipedes, immature) photo by Val Bugh Abacion sp. (crested millipede) photo by Val Bugh Armadillidium vulgare & Cyclotrachelus constrictus (pillbug & ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Platydracus sp. (rove beetle) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus ponderosus (ponderous grasshopper) photo by Barbara Ribble Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca obscura (obscure bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Gasteracantha cancriformis (spiny-backed orbweaver) photo by Barbara Ribble Argiope aurantia (black & yellow garden spider egg sac) photo by Joe Fernandes Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 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) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melspiza melodia) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Springtail (Unknown sp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaf-tier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Cyclotrachelus constrictus   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Platydracus sp.   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    achilidae   Cixidia fusca   Planthopper hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Dichromorpha viridis   Short-winged Green Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig blattodea   blaberidae   Pycnoscelus surinamensis   Surinam Roach (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (egg sac)    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx (adult & egg sac)    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider