A team of thirteen participated in this week's survey under sunny skies as the temperature rose from near freezing to balmy. Adult black blister beetles, as shown below, feed on asteraceae nectar and pollen, while their larvae, the first hatchling stage of which is a highly mobile triungulin, seek out and consume grasshopper eggs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Coragyps atratus (black vulture) photo by Beth Kirkhart Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Bill Boyd Vireo solitarius (blue-headed vireo) photo by Beth Kirkhart Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk) photo by Deana Dossey Paracantha sp. (fruit fly) photo by Mika Geiger Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Epicauta pensylvanica (black blister beetle) photo by Mika Geiger Harmonia axyridis (multi-colored Asian lady beetle: variations) photo by Beth Kirkhart Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper) photo by Katherine Daniels Eritettix abortivus (Texas short-winged slant-faced grasshopper) photo by Joe Fernandes Syrbula admirabilis (handsome grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid) photo by Mika Geiger Gryllus sp. (field cricket) photo by Katherine Daniels Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by George Ward Hibana sp. (ghost spider) photo by Val Bugh Cicurina sp. (spider) photo by Val Bugh Kukulcania sp. (spider) photo by Val Bugh Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur larvae: variations) photo by Joe Fernandes, Sam Fruehling & Joe Fernandes Anticarsia gemmatalis (velvetbean caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Cerathosia tricolor (moth larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 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) Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Gall Mites (Unknown sp.) Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Cerathosia tricolor   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    carabidae   Carabus finitimus   Ground Beetle       Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle hemiptera   rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    scutelleridae   Homaeumus proteus   Shield Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Brochymena cariosa   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant    cynipidae   Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall (galls) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta exotica   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    agromyzidae   Liriomyza sp.   Leafminer Fly (larva)    tephritidae   Paracantha sp.   Fruit Fly    scathophagidae   Scathophaga furcata   Dung Fly    calliphoridae   Chrysomya rufifacies   Hairy Maggot Blow Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly odonata   libellulidae   Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus bispinosus   Two-spined Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Melanoplus gladstoni   Gladston's Spurthroat Grasshopper       Melanoplus discolor   Contrasting Spurthroat Grasshopper       Phaedrotettix dumicola   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Norther Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona domiciliorum   Spotted Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    filistatidae   Kukulcania sp.   Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider       Psilochorus sp.   Cellar Spider