It was cool and rainy as twelve volunteers completed this last survey of 2023 on the winter solstice. At this time of year, there are almost no adult Green Lynx spiders still alive. Their progeny, which hatched during the fall, will spend the winter as tiny spiderlings (see below) and grow to adulthood by late summer next year. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Bill Boyd Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Largus sp. (largus bug: adult & nymph) photo by Beth Kirkhart Podisus maculiventris (predatory stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx, immature) photo by Linda Crabtree Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur) photo by Harriett Wolf Burnsius communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Joe Fernandes Burnsius philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Digrammia pallidata (moth) photo by George Ward Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee, male) photo by Linda Crabtree Ophion sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (root maggot fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Limonia communis (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Culiseta inornata (mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth larva) photo by Harriett Wolf Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary larva) photo by Linda Crabtree Otala lactea (milk snail) photo by Dan Zinn Linisa texasiana (land snail) photo by Dan Zinn Glyphyalinia umbilicata (Texas glyph) photo by Val Bugh top:Aphis nerii & Unknown sp. (aphids) bottom: Loensia moesta & Indiopsocus bisignatus (barklice) photo by Barbara Ribble & Val Bugh (last 3) Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous 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) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Fish: Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Slender Springtail (Orchesella sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Texas Glyph (Glyphyalinia umbilicata) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (adult & larva)       Spodoptera albula   Gray Streaked Armyworm Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm    erebidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth    tortricidae   Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth    carposinidae   Carposina ottawana   Peach Fruitworm Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    nepticulidae   Zimmermannia sp.   Pygmy Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Longhorn Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (adult & nymph)    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    nabidae   Hoplistoscelis sp.   Damsel Bug    pentatomidae   Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Balclutha sp.   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    apidae   Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    lauxaniidae   Camptoprosopella sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    empididae   Rhamphomyia sp.   Dance Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing psocoptera   psocidae   Indiopsocus bisignatus   Barklouse       Loensia moesta   Barklouse araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider