Twenty participants completed this week's survey under cold and sunny conditions. Though somewhat related to the much larger scorpion, the 2 mm long pseudoscorpion lacks a defensive stinging tail yet has venom glands in its pincers to help subdue prey. See images below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) photo by Bill Boyd Grus canadensis (sandhill cranes) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Bill Boyd Jadera haematoloma (red-shouldered bug) photo by Julie Shaw Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Larry Swift Unknown sp. (pseudoscorpion) photo by Val Bugh Galerita sp. (false bombardier beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Sphacophilus argutus (sawflies mating) photo by Joe Fernandes Cynomya cadaverina (bluebottle fly) photo by Victoria Briseno Senopterina caerulescens (signal fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Lispe sp. (predatory fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum tamaulipanum (flower fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Katherine Daniels Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains narrowmouth toad) photo by Julie Shaw Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Joe Fernandes Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (bent-line carpet) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx) photo by Julie Shaw Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum skull) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 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 Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) 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) Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), skull Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo nebulifer) Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Julid Millipede (Brachyiulus sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion texense) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pseudoscorpion (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    lasiocampidae   Phyllodesma americana   Lappet Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle (larva)       Galerita sp.   False Bombardier Beetle    staphylinidae   Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle    tenebrionidae   Alobates pensylvanica   False Mealworm Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva) hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    belostomatidae   Lethocerus sp.   Giant Water Bug (egg shells) homoptera   aphalaridae   Gyropsylla ilecis   Yaupon Psyllid (nymph gall) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    crabronidae   Liris sp.   Cricket Wasp    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (cocoon)    argidae   Sphacophilus argutus   Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly    muscidae   Lispe sp.   Predatory Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite araneae   araneidae   Unknown sp.   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider    dipluridae   Euagrus chisoseus   Funnelweb Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula