It was very warm and mostly cloudy as a dozen volunteers completed this week's survey. The Giant Lichen Orbweaver is one of our heaviest web-building spiders and its characteristic web can easily span several feet. The tiny Silver Dewdrop Spider is a kleptoparasite that lives within the large web, feeding on tiny morsels usually too small to be noticed by the resident orbweaver. Both spiders are shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Beth Kirkhart Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer, male & female) photo by Bill Boyd & Beth Kirkhart Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver) photo by Joe Fernandes Argyrodes sp. (silver dewdrop spider) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx) photo by Rad Decker Laphria macquarti (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Odontoloxozus longicornis (cactus fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Murgantia histrionica (harlequin bug: deformed & normal) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus & Unknown sp. (gray hairstreak larva & braconid wasp cocoons) photo by Barbara Ribble Condica videns & Asteromyia carbonifera (white-dotted groundling larva & gall midge galls) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (sphinx moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper larva) photo by Dan Hardy Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail) photo by Val Bugh Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer, teneral male) photo by Dan Hardy Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer, mature male) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Pat Dittmar Archilochus alexandri (black-chinned hummingbird) photo by Barbara Ribble Corvus corax (common raven) photo by Beth Kirkhart Passerina ciris (painted bunting) photo by Bill Boyd Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's hawks) photo by Beth Kirkhart Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Coyote (Canis latrans) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Belocaulus angustipes) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, pupa & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (pupa)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (pupa)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper (adult & larva)       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Acronicta vinnula   Delightful Dagger Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Amyna stricta   Eight-spot Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Straight-lined Mallow Moth (adult & larva)       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling (adult & larva)    erebidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Unknown sp.   Hornworm (larva)    cossidae   Fania nanus   Carpenterworm Moth    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Euacidalia sp.   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Desmia funeralis   Grape Leaffolder Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth (larva)       Chalcoela iphitalis   Sooty-winged Chalcoela       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Ecdytolopha mana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller       Rudenia leguminana   Black-tipped Rudenia       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth       Aristotelia elegantella   Elegant Aristotelia       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    gracilariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha sp.   Bird-dropping Moth    glyphipterigidae   Diploschizia impigritella   Yellow Nutsedge Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Paragrilus rugatulus   Metallic Woodborer    mordellidae   Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus sp.   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Eleodes fusiformis   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Conoderus lividus   Click Beetle       Dipropus sp.   Click Beetle    scarabaeidae   Onthophagus gazella   Dung Beetle       Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    hydrophilidae   Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus miles   Water Scavenger Beetle       Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Unknown sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Copelatus chevrolati   Predaceous Diving Beetle    heteroceridae   Heterocerus sp.   Variegated Mud-loving Beetle    curculionidae   Rhodobaenus tredecimpuntatus   Cocklebur Weevil       Cylindrocopturus sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Neopamera bilobata   Seed Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    miridae   Cyrtopeltocoris albofasciatus   Plant Bug    corixidae   Sigara sp.   Water Boatman    pentatomidae   Murgantia histrionica   Harlequin Bug       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Rugosana sp.   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper       Agalliopsis cervina   Leafhopper       Jikradia olitoria   Leafhopper       Norvellina chenopodii   Leafhopper       Tropicanus costomaculatus   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    membracidae   Stictocephala sp.   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper    aphididae   Uroleucon sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile fortis   Leaf-cutter Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp       Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Colobopsis etiolata   Gate-keeper Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa)       Hypomicrogaster sp.   Braconid Wasp    argidae   Sphacophilus sp.   Sawfly (adult, pupa & larva) diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Laphria macquarti   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    neriidae   Odontoloxozus longicornis   Cactus Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Asteromyia carbonifera   Gall Midge (larva) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura hastata   Citrine Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    lestidae   Archilestes grandis   Great Spreadwing    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing       Erythrodiplax umbrata   Band-winged Dragonlet       Celithemis eponina   Halloween Pennant       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Neonemobius nr. mormonius   Collared Ground Cricket (adult & nymph)       Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly       Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly    leptoceridae   Ceraclea sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly    philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Argyrodes sp.   Silver Dewdrop Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver