Twelve participants contributed to this week's survey under comfortably warm and overcast conditions. Galls, such as the one shown below, are abnormal plant growths initiated by another organism, in this case a wasp. The similar looking gall-like scales shown next are actually the bodies of the female insects. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Plethodon albagula (western slimy salamander) photo by Joe Fernandes Eritettix abortivus (Texas short-winged slant-faced grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula admirabilis (handsome grasshopper) photo by Julie Shaw Arphia simplex (plains yellow-winged grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Carabus sylvosus (ground beetle) photo by Beth Kirkhart Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee) photo by Val Bugh Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Limonia sp. (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Eremochrysa punctinervis & Micromus sp. (green & brown lacewings) photo by Val Bugh Diastictis fracturalis (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Stenoptilodes sp. (plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) photo by Julie Shaw Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk) photo by Joe Fernandes Callirhytis quercusbatatoides (southern live oak stem gall) photo by Val Bugh Allokermes sp. (gall-like scale insects) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Harriett Wolf Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by Bill Boyd Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Land Snail (Polygyra sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Choephora fungorum   Bent-line Dart    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus    pyralidae   Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Neodactylota luguritrix   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Peach Fruitworm Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Stenoptilodes sp.   Plume Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Carabus sylvosus   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    curculionidae   Listroderes difficilis   Weevil       Conotrachelus naso   Weevil       Gerstaeckeria sp.   Cactus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala femorata   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphalaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    cynipidae   Callirhytis quercusbatatoides   Southern Live Oak Stem Gall    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp       Atanycolus sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Gonia sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper neuroptera   chrysopidae   Eremochrysa punctinervis   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    hemerobiidae   Micromus sp.   Brown Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   tarantula