After a light freeze the previous night, the weather was cold and sunny as thirteen volunteers completed this week's survey. Lady beetles, such as the individual pictured below, are predators that have a diverse diet. Fairly slow moving, they tend to eat any edible thing they encounter, from aphids to lady beetle larvae and pupae to pollen. The eggs this beetle is devouring might even be her own! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spotted lady beetle eating lady beetle eggs) photo by Victoria Briseno Pterostichus permundus (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Pasimachus californicus (ground beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Harriett Wolf Aon noctuiformis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Psaphida resumens (figure-eight sallow) photo by Barbara Ribble Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) photo by Julie Shaw Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin) photo by Pat Dittmar Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by Beth Kirkhart Vanessa virginiensis (American lady) photo by Harriett Wolf Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) photo by Beth Kirkhart Melanoplus femurrubrum (red-legged grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Battigrassiella wheeleri (silverfish & fire ant) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (stone centipede) photo by Joe Fernandes Unknown sp. (soil centipede) photo by Val Bugh Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Bill Boyd Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren) photo by Bill Boyd Zonotrichia albicollis (white-throated sparrow) photo by Bill Boyd Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) 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) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    noctuidae   Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth    geometridae   Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & eggs)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Pterostichus permundus   Ground Beetle    cerambycidae   Knulliana cincta   Banded Hickory Borer hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicanum   Black Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    calliphoridae   Phormia regina   Black Blow Fly    tachinidae   Vanderwulpia sequens   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing zygentoma   nicoletiidae   Battigrassiella wheeleri   Silverfish araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black & Yellow Garden Spider (eggs)    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    gnaphosidae   Gnaphosa sericata   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider