It was a cold and partly sunny morning as nine volunteers completed this week's survey. A group of moths called "emeralds" are so named because of their typically green color. Some, however, have an additional brown color form, as shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Otala lactea (garden snail) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider, male) photo by Val Bugh Eutreta sp. (fruit fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum tamaulipanum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Barbara Ribble Ephestiodes sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schizura errucata (prominent) photo by Barbara Ribble Peridroma saucia (pearly underwing) photo by Val Bugh Acronicta tota (dagger) photo by Barbara Ribble Charadra dispulsa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Macaria aequiferaria (woody angle) photo by Barbara Ribble Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Nemoria bifilata (white-barred emerald, brown form) photo by Barbara Ribble Lioptilodes albistriolatus (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green lacewing egg) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid hatchling) photo by Val Bugh Polistes dorsalis (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Ophion sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Dan Zinn Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Acronicta tota   Dagger       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Morrisonia mucens   Moth       Copivaleria grotei   Grote's Sallow       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithocodia    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent       Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald    crambidae   Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Scale-feeding Snout Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera sp.   Leafroller Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    pterophoridae   Lioptilodes albistriolatus   Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Oeulema collaris   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    meloidae   Pyrota insulata   Blister Beetle    curculionidae   Hypera postica   Weevil (larva & pupa) hemiptera   rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug    reduviidae   Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph) homoptera   kermisidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Pseudomyrmex sp.   Twig Ant (alate)    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Calliphora sp.   Blow Fly    pyrgotidae   Boreothrinax maculipennis   Pyrgotid Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    tephritidae   Eutreta sp.   Fruit Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & egg) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider