One dozen participants completed this week's survey under cool, misty conditions. While a wasp initiates its growth, all parts of the gall shown below are produced by the red oak on which it occurs. The "wool" is composed of elongated trichomes (plant hairs). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Otala lactea (milk snail) photo by Linda Crabtree Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper) photo by Joe Fernandes Gryllus sp. (field cricket, teneral) photo by George Ward Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) photo by Bill Boyd Delia sp. (root maggot fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Athyroglossa glaphyropus (shore fly), Neotephritis finalis (fruit fly), Calyxochaetus nodatus (long-legged fly), Unknown sp. (big-headed fly) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda sp. (feather-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) photo by George Ward Harmostes reflexulus (scentless plant bug) photo by Beth Kirkhart Polymerus basalis (plant bug) photo by Beth Kirkhart Lopidea major (plant bug: adult & nymph) photo by Val Bugh Derospidea brevicollis & Scymnus sp. (larvae: leaf beetle & lady beetle with oleander aphids) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha laboriosa (silver longjawed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh upper left to lower right: Mompha eloisella, Keiferia glochinella, Elachista sp., Bucculatrix sp., Zelleria ochroplagiata, Heliozela aesella, Cosmopterix sp. & Platphalonidia magdalenae (micro moths) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia) photo by Val Bugh Burnsius communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Beth Kirkhart Ypsolopha ochrella (agarita slug, larva & cocoon) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Callirhytis quercusoperator (woolly catkin gall) photo by Val Bugh Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Bill Boyd Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by George Ward Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 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 Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Mite (Leptus sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva)    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)       Copivaleria grotei   Grote's Sallow       Trichoplusia ni   Ni Moth (larva)       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Acronicta afflicta   Afflicted Dagger       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Paraeschra georgica   Georgian Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Mesquite Looper Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Eupithecia longidens   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Whip-marked Snout Moth       Pyrausta tyralis   Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Elophila obliteralis   Waterlily Leafcutter Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Cydia caryana   Hickory Shuckworm Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Platynota nigrocervina   Platynota Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Etmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth       Elachista sp.   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella melanoclista   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth (adult, larva & pupa)    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    gracillariidae   Povolnya quercinigrella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Zelleria ochroplagiata   Moth    momphidae   Mompha eloisella   Red-streaked Mompha Moth    bucculatricidae   Bucculatrix sp.   Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle (larva)       Phaedon viridis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Anelaphus villosus   Twig Pruner    cantharidae   Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle       Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    oedemeridae   Sparedrus aspersus   False Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Phoenicocoris claricornis   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    delphacidae   Liburniella ornata   Planthopper       Megamelus sp.   Planthopper    triozidae   Baeoalitriozus diospyri   Persimmon Psyllid    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Aphis sp.   Aphid    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    formicidae   Leptogenys elongata   Ant    cynipidae   Callirhytis quercusoperator   Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp (gall)       Amphibolips sp.   Oak Apple Gall Wasp (gall)       Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Phanerotoma sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Pseudosiobla excavata   Common Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Unknown sp.   Flower Fly (larva)    anthomyiidae   Delia sp.   Root Maggot Fly       Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    muscidae   Atherigona reversura   Bermudagrass Stem Maggot    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda marmoratus   Feather-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    pipunculidae   Unknown sp.   Big-headed Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus sp.   Horse Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    ephydridae   Athyroglossa glaphyropus   Shore Fly    dolichopodidae   Calyxochaetus nodatus   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge       Unknown sp.   Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Hyalopsocus striatus   Barklouse thysanoptera   thripidae   Unknown sp.   Thrips araneae   philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx