A team of seventeen completed this week's survey under cold, cloudy and windy conditions. The bodies of most termite species are white (they're sometimes erroneously called "white ants") because they feed exclusively within tunnels, but the nasute termites shown below have dark pigment to protect them from ultraviolet radiation as they forage out in the open. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Jadera haematoloma (red-shouldered bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Pediodectes nigromarginatus (black-margined shieldback nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymph) photo by Katherine Daniels Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by David Cook Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch) photo by Annelia Williams Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by George Ward Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by George Ward Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Dan Zinn Regulus satrapa (golden-crowned kinglet) photo by Beth Kirkhart Corvus brachyrhynchos (American crow) photo by Bill Boyd Coragyps atratus (black vulture) photo by Beth Kirkhart Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Val Bugh Caripeta triangulata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cassida relicta (tortoise beetle) photo by Katherine Daniels Tenuirostritermes sp. (nasute termite queen & workers) photo by Katherine Daniels Tenuirostritermes sp. & Unknown sp. (nasute termite workers, soldier & eggs & termitophile rove beetle) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (root maggot fly) photo by Katherine Daniels Unknown sp. (rock bristletail) photo by Katherine Daniels Armadillidium vulgare (pillbug) photo by Michael Knox Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) photo by Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 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) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 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) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 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) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcintus), fresh digging Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Mite (Leptus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Sowbug (Porcellionides sp.) Scud (Hyalella sp.) Slender Springtail (Isotoma delta) Leech (Erpobdella sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Texas Oval (Patera roemeri) Freshwater Limpet (Laevapex fuscus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Orthosia annulimacula   Moth       Copivaleria grotei   Grote's Sallow       Psaphida rolandi   Roland's Sallow       Psaphida styracis   Fawn Sallow       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Agrotis ipsilon   Ipsilon Dart       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Variegated Cutworm (larva)       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Zale edusina   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Caripeta triangulata   Moth       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth       Eupithecia longidens   Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Exelis ophiurus   Moth       Paleacrita vernata   Spring Cankerworm Moth       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Diacme adipaloides   Darker Diacme Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera hodsoni   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis comparanda   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Sinoe sp.   Moth    cossidae   Unknown sp.   Carpenterworm (larva)    lasiocampidae   Phyllodesma americana   Lappet Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    scythrididae   Unknown sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Unknown sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Chrysolina auripennis   Leaf Beetle (larva)       Cassida relicta   Tortoise Beetle       Unknown sp.   Leaf Beetle    elateridae   Unknown sp.   Click Beetle (larva)       Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle (larva)    staphylinidae   Unknown sp.   Rove Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug (nymph)    gerridae   Unknown sp.   Water Strider (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Prairiana sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper    delphacidae   megamelus davisi   Common Waterlily Planthopper (adult & nymph)    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    dacylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Cyphomyrmex rimosus   Fungus Growing Ant    cynipidae   Odontocynips nebulosa   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Calliphora sp.   Blow Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    chloropidae   Unknown sp.   Frit Fly    tephritidae   Trupanea sp.   Fruit Fly    empididae   Hilara sp.   Balloon Fly    culicidae   Culex sp.   Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly (adult & larva)    chironomidae   Procladius sp.   Midge orthoptera   acrididae   Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket (nymph) isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasute Termite blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig archaeognatha   meinertellidae   Unknown sp.   Rock Bristletail araneae   theridiidae   Steatoda triangulosa   Checkered Cobweb Weaver       Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    dipluridae   Euagrus chisoseus   Funnelweb Spider