A team of thirteen completed our first survey of the year under cool, cloudy and breezy conditions. The pseudoscorpion shown below holding onto the fly's leg is not attacking but simply hitching a ride on a larger creature that will quickly take it to new territory. This behavior is called phoresy. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Zopherus nodulosus (ironclad beetle) photo by Barbara Ribble Alaetrinus aciculatus (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Oulema palustris & Oulema collaris (leaf beetles) photo by Val Bugh Lygus lineolaris (tarnished plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Nysius sp. (false chinch bugs) photo by Sam Fruehling Euerythra phasma (red-tailed specter) photo by Val Bugh Pimaphera percata (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Goniapteryx servia (moth) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (mosquito larva) photo by Val Bugh Unknown spp. (pseudoscorpion & flesh fly) photo by Val Bugh Leiobunum sp. (harvestmen: adult & immature) photo by Val Bugh Oecobius sp. (wall spider) photo by Val Bugh Plethodon albagula (western slimy salamander) photo by Barbara Ribble Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains narrowmouth toad) photo by Val Bugh Haldea striatula (rough earth snake) photo by Val Bugh Bradybaena similaris (land snail) photo by Val Bugh Grassiella sp. (silverfish) photo by Val Bugh Porcellionides sp. (sowbug) photo by Sam Fruehling Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Harriett Wolf 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) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Song Sparrow (Melspiza melodia) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), fresh tracks & scat Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Rough Earth Snake (Haldea striatula) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus), dead Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pseudoscorpion (Unknown sp.) Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (pupa)    erebidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale       Goniapteryx servia   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Cissusa spadix   Moth    arctiidae   Euerythra phasma   Red-tailed Specter    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Paleacrita vernata   Spring Cankerworm Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaf-tier Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    tortricidae   Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    acrolepiidae   Acrolepiopsis leucoscia   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle       Oulema palustris   Leaf Beetle    scarabaeidae   Unknown sp.   June Beetle (larva)    carabidae   Aztecarpalus schaefferi   Ground Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus nodulosus   Ironclad Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle (adult & larva)       Alaetrinus aciculatus   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Hypera postica   Weevil (larva) hemiptera   coreidae   Anasa tristis   Squash Bug    miridae   Lygus lineolaris   Tarnished Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant diptera   sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito (larva) orthoptera   acrididae   Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia sp.   Earwig blattodea   blaberidae   Pycnoscelus surinamensis   Surinam Roach    ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing thysanura   nicoletiidae   Grassiella sp.   Silverfish araneae   mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (egg sac)    gnaphosidae   Drassyllus sp.   Ground Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider