The morning was cold and heavily overcast as a team of eighteen conducted this week's survey. All ground beetles are predators, often hunting whatever insects or other tiny creatures they can overpower. The snail-eating beetle shown below, however, has a specialized narrow head with long forceps-like jaws to better remove its prey's body from the protective shell. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phigalia strigataria (small phigalias mating) photo by Dwayne Mann Holochroa dissociarius (moth) photo by Val Bugh Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth) photo by Val Bugh Galgula partita (the wedgling) photo by Barbara Ribble Crambodes talidiformis (verbena moth) photo by Val Bugh Lactura subfervens (moth) photo by Val Bugh Spilosoma dubia (dubious tiger moth) photo by Val Bugh Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Dwayne Mann Zonotrichia leucophrys (white-crowned sparrow) photo by Bill Boyd Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's sparrow) photo by Joe Fernandes Scincella lateralis (ground skink) photo by Dwayne Mann Tantilla gracilis (flathead snake) photo by Joe Fernandes Scaphinotus liebecki (snail-eating beetle) photo by Val Bugh Calleida viridipennis (ground beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Bostaera nasuta (delphacid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Calyxochaetus nodatus (long-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Solenopsis invicta (imported fire ants eating candy) photo by Val Bugh Kukulcania hibernalis (southern house spider) photo by Julie Shaw Cicurina sp. (spider) photo by Julie Shaw Latrodectus mactans (southern black widow) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Meadowlark (Sturnella sp.) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 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) Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Flathead Snake (Tantilla gracilis) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Acronicta tota   Dagger Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Agrotis malefida   Rascal Dart       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Leucania incognita   Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget    arctiidae   Spilosoma dubia   Dubious Tiger Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    lasiocampidae   Phyllodesma americana   Lappet Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Paleacrita vernata   Spring Cankerworm Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Cleora sublunaria   Double-lined Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Diacme elealis   Paler Diacme Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes infimella   Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pseudexentera spoliana   Bare-patched Leafroller Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Ancylis comptana   Strawberry Leafroller Moth       Sereda tautana   Speckled Sereda Moth       Rhopobota dietziana   Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia rhoifoliella   Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Elachista sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia alternatella   Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella melanoclista   Tropical Fruitworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle (adult & larva)       Calleida viridipennis   Ground Beetle       Scaphinotus liebecki   Snail-eating Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    staphylinidae   Carpelimus sp.   Rove Beetle hemiptera   rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    reduviidae   Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph) homoptera   delphacidae   Bostaera nasuta   Planthopper    aphalaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Tetraneura sp.   Aphid    diaspididae   Unknown sp.   Armored Scale hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    cynipidae   Disholcaspis sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly       Medetera sp.   Long-legged Fly       Calyxochaetus nodatus   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Cricotopus sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)       Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    pisauridae   Pisaurina dubia   Nursery Web Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    filistatidae   Kukulcania hibernalis   Southern House Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula