The weather was cool and mostly sunny as thirteen participants completed the last survey of 2025. The trio of mollusks shown below includes two exotics: the predatory Decollate Snail, which eats other snails and worms as well as vegetation, and an immature Milk Snail. The very tiny adult pupillid hitching a ride at the top of the image is a native. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Omophoita cyanipennis (flea beetle) photo by Mika Geiger Eupeodes volucris (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Eupeodes americanus (flower fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Siphona sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Mika Geiger Unknown sp., Rumina decollata & Otala lactea (pupillid, decollate & milk snails) photo by Val Bugh Burnsius communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Mika Geiger Scythris trivinctella (moth) photo by Katherine Daniels Aetole bella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Stenoptilodes sp. (plume moth) photo by Deana Dossey Lestes australis (southern spreadwings in tandem) photo by Mika Geiger Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper nymphs: 2 color forms) photo by Michael Knox & Deana Dossey Paratettix mexicanus (pygmy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Julia Kenny Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue, female) photo by Mika Geiger Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue, male) photo by Joe Fernandes Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blues mating) photo by Katherine Daniels Zerene cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Joe Fernandes Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) photo by Katherine Daniels Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth larva) photo by Michael Knox Condica videns (white-dotted groundling larva) photo by Deana Dossey Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Earth Snake (Haldea striatula), dead Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), tadpole Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Polydesmid Millipede (Eurymerodesmus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Pupillid Land Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing (adult & larva)       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave (larva)       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia (larva)    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Laetilia coccidivora   Scale-feeding Snout Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth (larva)    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    pterophoridae   Stenoptilodes sp.   Plume Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Diabrotica longicornis   Leaf Beetle       Diabrotica balteata   Banded Cucumber Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Altica sp.   Leaf Beetle       Mimosestes amicus   Bean Weevil       Algarobius bottimeri   Bean Weevil    coccinellidae   Psyllobora renifer   Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Carabus finitimus   Ground Beetle    cryptophagidae   Cryptophagus sp.   Silken Fungus Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites eximius   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Listroderes difficilis   Vegetable Weevil hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes reflexulus   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taylorilygus apicalis   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Reuteroscopus ornatus   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper       Ollarianus strictus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Chionomus sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Thionia elliptica   Planthopper    clastopteridae   Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Halictus sp.   Furrow Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Vulgichneumon brevicinctor   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon       Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly       Eupeodes americanus   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Siphona sp.   Tachinid Fly    pipunculidae   Unknown sp.   Big-headed Fly    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Freeloader Fly    drosophilidae   Unknown sp.   Vinegar Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito       Aedes vexans   Inland Floodwater Mosquito    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    sciaridae   Unknown sp.   Dark-winged Fungus Gnat    mycetophilidae   Mycetophila unipunctata   Fungus Gnat odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Lactista azteca   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus celerinictus   Fast-calling Tree Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla externa   Green Lacewing       Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    hemerobiidae   Sympherobius barberi   Brown Lacewing mecoptera   panorpidae   Panorpa nuptialis   Scorpionfly trichoptera   hydroptilidae   Unknown sp.   Microcaddisfly psocoptera   psocidae   Blaste posticata   Barklouse araneae   araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver