It was cold and mostly cloudy as thirteen volunteers completed this week's survey. There are two scorpion species in our area. The Texas Cave Scorpion, shown below, is less commonly encountered and lacks the signature dorsal stripes of the Striped Bark Scorpion. A person who has been stung by both reported the latter to be more painful. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Agonum sp. (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Acmaeodera flavomarginata (metallic woodborer) photo by Katherine Daniels Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Graphocephala hieroglyphica (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus celerinictus (fast-calling tree cricket, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Eumesosoma roeweri (harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx) photo by Katherine Daniels Pseudouroctonus reddelli (Texas cave scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch, female) photo by Katherine Daniels Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch, male) photo by Katherine Daniels Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Woodhouse's scrub-jay) photo by Bill Boyd Regulus satrapa (golden-crowned kinglet) photo by Annelia Williams Regulus calendula (ruby-crowned kinglet) photo by Bill Boyd Sialia sialis (eastern bluebird) photo by Annelia Williams Zenaida asiatica (white-winged dove) photo by Dan Zinn Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Dan Hardy Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Beth Kirkhart Scathophaga furcata (dung fly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) 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) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 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) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlanieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion texense) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Texas Cave Scorpion (Pseudouroctonus) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    carabidae   Agonum sp.   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva) hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper    kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    scathophagidae   Scathophaga furcata   Dung Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia bipunctata   Biting Midge orthoptera   acrididae   Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)       Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing araneae   oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Pholcus phalangioides   Long-bodied Cellar Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula