Cool, sunny weather provided a splendid morning for the eighteen volunteers who participated in this week's survey. Lepidopteran and sawfly larvae, as shown below, are important food for many nesting birds. These insects contain higher levels of carotenoids, such as Lutein and beta-Carotene, than do beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, etc. It is no surprise that prey numbers peak at the same time as their hunters. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Annelia Williams Passerculus sandwichensis (savannah sparrow) photo by Annelia Williams Spizella passerina (chipping sparrow) photo by George Ward Oreothlypis celata (orange-crowned warbler) photo by Beth Kirkhart Acronicta tota (dagger moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing larva) photo by Julie Shaw Craterocercus sp. (common sawfly larva) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail) photo by Val Bugh Pseudoxenetus regalis (plant bug nymph) photo by Julie Shaw Ancistrocerus adiabatus & Euodynerus pratensis (mason wasps) photo by Julie Shaw & Beth Kirkhart Bombus sonorus (Sonoran bumble bee) photo by George Ward Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) photo by George Ward Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Linda Crabtree Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail) photo by George Ward Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) photo by George Ward Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by Linda Crabtree Pontia protodice (checkered white) photo by Joe Fernandes Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Bill Boyd Lithobates berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 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) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 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-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh tracks & meal remains Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Redstripe Ribbon Snake) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (adult & larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Acronicta tota   Dagger Moth (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Leafroller (larva)    depressariidae   Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Derospidea brevicollis   Leaf Beetle (larva)       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Cryptocephalus notatus   Leaf Beetle       Smaragdina militaris   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    anthribidae   Toxonotus cornutus   Fungus Weevil    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    cleridae   Madoniella dislocatus   Checkered Beetle    attelabidae   Himatolabus pubescens   Leaf Roller Weevil    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Lygaeospilus tripunctatus   Seed Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug (nymph)       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Pseudoxenetus regalis   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Zyginama tripunctata   Leafhopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph)    triozidae   Baeoalitriozus diospyri   Persimmon Psyllid    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Hyperomyzus lactucae   Sowthistle Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus sonorus   Sonoran Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp       Ancistrocerus adiabatus   Mason Wasp    eulophidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    eurytomidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    cynipidae   Callirhytis quercusoperator   Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp (gall)       Neuroterus quercusirregularis   Oak Gall Wasp (gall)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Craterocercus sp.   Common Sawfly (larva) diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Allograpta exotica   Flower Fly       Eupeodes sp.   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus bruesii   Soldier Fly       Cyphomyia erecta   Soldier Fly       Psellidotus sp.   Soldier Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    pipunculidae   Chalarus sp.   Big-headed Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge       Atrichopogon sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Gonomyia alexanderi   Crane Fly       Symplecta cana   Crane Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes haldemanii   Haldeman's Shieldback (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing (larva) araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Hogna antelucana   Wolf Spider