A very cold morning, complete with wind and light rain, created challenging conditions for our ten participants this time. To date, we have found four species of cellar spiders (family Pholcidae), associated with buildings in the Gardens. Three are introduced Old World species, while one, Modisimus texanus (shown below), is a native. Note that its eyes are clustered on a high median turret - a very distinctive feature. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko) photo by Val Bugh Euborellia arcanum (earwig) photo by Joe Fernandes Disholcaspis sp. (gall wasp) photo by Val Bugh Crematogaster laeviuscula (acrobat ant) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes nigromarginata (black-margined shieldback nymph) photo by Val Bugh Phaonia sp. (fly) photo by Val Bugh Charadra dispulsa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lochmaeus bilineata (double-lined prominent) photo by Barbara Ribble Heterocampa umbrata (white-blotched heterocampa) photo by Val Bugh Phytometra orgiae (moth) photo by Val Bugh Sigela penumbrata (stippled sigela moth) photo by Val Bugh Tetanolita mynesalis (smoky tetanolita) photo by Val Bugh Zale edusina (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cleora sublunaria (double-lined gray) photo by Val Bugh Euagrus chisoseus (funnelweb spider) photo by Joe Fernandes Holocnemus pluchei (marbled cellar spider) photo by Val Bugh Modisimus texanus (cellar spider) photo by Val Bugh Steatoda triangulosa (checkered cobweb weaver) photo by Barbara Ribble Unknown sp. (stone centipede) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 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) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rough Earth Snake (Haldea striatula) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Polydesmid Millipede (Eurymerodesmus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Eastern Bark Centipede (Hemiscolopendra marginata) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Marsh Slug (Deroceras laeve) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (larva)    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Acronicta tota   Dagger Moth       Acronicta lepetita   Dagger Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar Moth       Spilosoma virginica   Virginian Tiger Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (eggs)    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Cissusa spadix   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Tetanolita mynesalis   Smoky Tetanolita       Zale edusina   Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent       Heterocampa umbrata   White-blotched Heterocampa    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Cleora sublunaria   Double-lined Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Euacidalia sp.   Moth       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaf-tier Moth    tortricidae   Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera spoliana   Leafroller Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle hemiptera   reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant (alate)       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant    cynipidae   Disholcaspis sp.   Gall Wasp diptera   muscidae   Phaonia sp.   Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) blattodea   blaberidae   Blattella sp.   Cockroach (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia arcanum   Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    lycosidae   Hogna antelucana   Wolf Spider    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver    pholcidae   Modisimus texanus   Cellar Spider       Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider    dipluridae   Euagrus chisoseus   Funnelweb Spider