The weather was delightfully cool and sunny as a team of fourteen completed this week's survey. Some spiders with one annual generation remain in the egg stage through the winter. An exception is the Green Lynx. As shown below, they hatch in the autumn, while the mother is still alive to protect the babies. The adult will die, and the young spiders will disperse but remain tiny through the cold season until they begin to grow when temperatures warm in the spring. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Oscar Vaz Spizella pallida (clay-colored sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's sparrow) photo by Bill Boyd Pooecetes gramineus (vesper sparrow) photo by Annelia Williams Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Joe Fernandes Peucetia viridans (green lynx hatchlings) photo by Katherine Daniels Mozena lunata (mesquite bug nymph) photo by Dan Hardy Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (cotton flea hopper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Limonia communis & Culex tarsalis (crane fly & western encephalitis mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Dan Hardy Eristalis stipator (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Euodynerus hidalgo (mason wasp) photo by Katherine Daniels Vespula squamosa & Palpada vinetorum (southern yellowjacket with decapitated flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Macrorrhinia aureofasciella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypocala andremona (moth) photo by Joe Fernandes Argyrogramma verruca (golden looper moth) photo by Dan Hardy Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar moth) photo by Katherine Daniels Copaeodes minima (southern skipperling) photo by Katherine Daniels Atalopedes campestris (sachem) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpoles Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (larva)    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes minima   Southern Skipperling       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper Moth       Argyrogramma verruca   Golden Looper Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Fall Armyworm Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Diastema tigris   Lantana Moth (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Hypocala andremona   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis    arctiidae   Horama panthalon   Texas Wasp Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    lasiocampidae   Tolype velleda   Large Tolype    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Palpita quadristigmalis   Four-spotted Palpita Moth       Palpita atrisquamalis   Gracile Palpita Moth       Hellula rogatalis   Cabbage Webworm Moth       Lamprosema victoriae   Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Crambus quinquareatus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Honora mellinella   Moth       Macrorrhinia aureofasciella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia elegantella   Elegant Aristotelia       Recurvaria sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    scythrididae   Neocythris fissirostris   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    carposinidae   Carposina ottawana   Peach Fruitworm Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Cryptocephalus fulguratus   Leaf Beetle       Helocassis clavata   Clavate Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus pectoralis   Metallic Woodborer    meloidae   Epicauta immaculata   Blister Beetle       Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle       Bothrotes canaliculatus   Darkling Beetle    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    mesoveliidae   Mesovelia sp.   Water Treader    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider (nymph)    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Chlorotettix sp.   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Megamelus sp.   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    aphididae   Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae   Waterlily Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Melissoptila pinguis   Long-horned Bee       Melissodes sp.   Long-horned Bee       Diadasia sp.   Chimney Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Eumenes bollii   Potter Wasp    pompilidae   Anoplius sp.   Spider Wasp       Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elogata   Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    tiphiidae   Tiphia sp.   Tiphiid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Helophilus latifrons   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm Fly    muscidae   Limnophora sp.   Fly       Unknown sp.   Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Procladius sp.   Midge    culicidae   Culex tarsalis   Western Encephalitis Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph) isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    pholcidae   Unknown sp.   Cellar Spider