A team of ten conducted our first survey of the year (also our 600th since this program began!) under cold, mostly cloudy and very windy conditions. As seen below, the aquatic larvae of mosquitoes breathe air through a rear tube called a siphon that connects to the water surface, while the mobile pupae do the same through a pair of respiratory trumpets located near the front of their body. Both stages swim downwards when disturbed. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Unknown sp. (stone centipede with prey) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (julid millipede) photo by Joe Fernandes Porcellionides sp. & Armadillidium vulgare (sowbug & pillbug) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Lithoseopsis hellmani (tropical barklouse nymph) photo by Val Bugh Cnemodus mavortius (seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (mosquito larva & pupa) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange) photo by Deana Dossey Amynthas agrestis (Asian jumping worm) photo by Joe Fernandes Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Beth Kirkhart Plethodon albagula (western slimy salamander) photo by Val Bugh Turdus migratorius (American robin) photo by George Ward Pooecetes gramineus (vesper sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by George Ward Cathartes aura (turkey vulture) photo by Beth Kirkhart Holocnemus pluchei (marbled cellar spider) photo Val Bugh Steatoda triangulosa (checkered cobweb weaver) photo by Val Bugh Schizocosa sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Eumesosoma roeweri (harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 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) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 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) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 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) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Misc.: Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.) Asian Jumping Worm (Amynthas agrestis) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) Amber Snail (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    noctuidae   Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (pupa)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Unknown sp.   Cactus Borer (larva) coleoptera   carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva) hemiptera   rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper (nymph)    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant diptera   anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly       Unknown sp.   Mosquito (larva & pupa) orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (adult & nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Cockroach (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig psocoptera   amphientomidae   Lithoseopsis hellmani   Tropical Barklouse (adult & nymph) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (eggs)    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider