Thunderstorms on a cold morning made this week's abbreviated survey, completed by three volunteers, rather challenging. Although some members of the genus Forcipomyia in the family known as "biting midges" (ceratopogonidae), a pair of which are shown below, do feed on vertebrate blood, others are instead ectoparasites on larger insects. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Labidus coecus (army ant male "sausage fly") photo by Val Bugh Myrmeleon sp. (antlion) photo by Val Bugh Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Muscina stabulans (false stable fly) photo by Val Bugh Ozodiceromyia sp. (stiletto fly) photo by Val Bugh Rhamphomyia sp. (dance fly) photo by Val Bugh Forcipomyia sp. (biting midge: female & male) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar moth) photo by Val Bugh Achyra rantalis (garden webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Epiblema chromata (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Caudellia nigrella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Parachma ochracealis (moth: 2 views) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia rubidella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Phyllonorycter sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schizocosa sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Crossopriza lyoni (cellar spider) photo by Val Bugh Deraeocoris nebulosus, Tropidosteptes quercicola & Neocapsus cuneatus (plant bugs) photo by Val Bugh Ophiderma grisea (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Eugnamptus cinctus (straight-nosed weevil) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   noctuidae   Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Caudellia nigrella   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth       Sciota rubrisparsella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema chromata   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa sp.   Moth       Pigritia sp.   moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    attelabidae   Eugnamptus cinctus   Straight-nosed Weevil hemiptera   lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    miridae   Neocapsus cuneatus   Plant Bug       Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Hamatophylus guttulosus   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris nebulosus   Plant Bug       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Acinopterus sp.   Leafhopper    membracidae   Ophiderma grisea   Treehopper hymenoptera   formicidae   Labidus coecus   Army Ant (male)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   muscidae   Muscina stabulans   False Stable Fly    empididae   Rhamphomyia sp.   Dance Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Coelotanypus sp.   Midge neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion araneae   pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider