A team of nine participated in this week's survey. The morning started very cool and cloudy, then gradually turned sunny. Bird grasshoppers are so named because they usually escape danger by flying into trees. When the weather is too cold and such flight is impossible, their second line of defense is to brandish sharp leg spines and kick their attacker (see photo below). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent) photo by Val Bugh Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moths mating) photo by Harriett Wolf Sinoe chambersi (moth) photo by Val Bugh Orthodes furtiva (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Ypsolopha unicipunctella (agarita slug) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca damnifica (mischievous bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Anaxipha sp. (brown trig nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chrysolina auripennis (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Megamelus sp. (delphacid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Extrusanus extrusus (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Atrichomelina pubera (marsh fly) photo by Val Bugh Sepsis sp. (black scavenger fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Timulla oajaca (velvet ant, female) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (very young green lynx) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (symphylan) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (very young striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Bombycilla cedrorum (cedar waxwing) photo by Barbara Ribble 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) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Inca Dove (Columbina inca) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Misc.: Slender Springtail (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Symphylan (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Orthodes furtiva   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Scale-feeding Snout Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera sp.   Leafroller Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    gelechiidae   Sinoe chambersi   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    curculionidae   Hypera postica   Weevil (larva) hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Extrusanus extrusus   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    mutillidae   Timulla oajaca   Velvet Ant    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly diptera   tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge       Walshomyia sabinae   Gall Midge (larva)    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sciomyzidae   Atrichomelina pubera   Marsh Fly    sepsidae   Sepsis sp.   Black Scavenger Fly    tephritidae   Paracantha sp.   Fruit Fly    drosophilidae   Scaptomyza sp.   Vinegar Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Melanoplus gladstoni   Gladston's Spurthroat Grasshopper       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Anaxipha sp.   Brown Trig (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider