Seventeen participants completed the first survey of our fifteenth year on a delightfully cool and mostly sunny morning. Although superficially similar to centipedes, symphylans are not closely related; they do not possess venom glands and, as illustrated below, are capable of producing silk from rear spinnerets. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Dwayne Mann Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha laboriosa (silver longjawed orbweaver) photo by Katherine Daniels Hibana sp. (ghost spider) photo by Val Bugh Psilochorus sp. (cellar spider with eggs) photo by Val Bugh Ardea herodias (great blue heron) photo by Joe Fernandes Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Harriett Wolf Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Bill Boyd Dryobates scalaris (ladder-backed woodpecker, female) photo by Annelia Williams Coragyps atratus (black vulture) photo by Harriett Wolf Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinches, male & female) photo by George Ward Melanoplus femurrubrum (red-legged grasshopper) photo by Sam Fruehling Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Dwayne Mann Unknown spp. (seed shrimp & mosquito eggs) photo by Val Bugh Reticulitermes sp. (subterranean termites: worker & soldier) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (two-pronged bristletail) photo by Dwayne Mann Unknown sp. (symphylan) photo Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth larva) photo by Michael Knox Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by Beth Kirkhart Orthosia annulimacula (moth) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 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) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 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) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 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 Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Symphylan (Scutigerella sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Crested Millipede (Abacion texense) Polydesmid Millipede (Desmonus pudicus) Two-pronged Bristletail (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Seed Shrimp (Unknown sp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Orthosia annulimacula   Moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Paleacrita vernata   Spring Cankerworm Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Hypatima sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Emmelina monodactyla   Morning Glory Plume Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Cyclotrachelus substriatus   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Agriotes insanus   Click Beetle hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Macrosteles sp.   Leafhopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    aphididae   Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae   Waterlily Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Netelia sp.   Ichneumon       Therion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito       Unknown sp.   Mosquito (eggs)    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexxicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper blattodea   blaberidae   Pycnoscelus surinamensis   Surinam Cockroach (nymph)    ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Cockroach (nymph) isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Psilochorus sp.   Cellar Spider