There were thirteen participants this week; the morning was cool with almost constant light rain. The pyrgotid flies shown below are parasitoids of adult scarabs. A fly inserts a single egg into a beetle and in about two weeks the maggot kills its host and pupates within the carcass. The flies favor female beetles as they are larger than males. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Obolopteryx catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid nymph) photo by Joe Fernandes Polistes exclamans (paper wasp on nest with eggs) photo by Val Bugh Labidus coecus (army ant, male "sausage fly") photo by Val Bugh Batyle ignicollis (longhorn beetle) photo by Joe Fernandes Asphaera lustrans (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Passerculus sandwichensis (savannah sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Thryomanes bewickii (Bewick's wren) photo by George Ward Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina wren) photo by George Ward Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail) photo by Val Bugh Anolis carolinensis (green anole, cold & wet) photo by Val Bugh Boreothrinax maculipennis (pyrgotid fly) photo by Val Bugh Sphecomyiella valida (pyrgotid fly) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda lanipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly), Euparyphus sp. (soldier fly), Trupanea actinobola (fruit fly), Coenosia sp. (tiger fly), Chlorops sp. (frit fly), Trypetisoma sticticum (lauxaniid fly), Desmometopa sp. (freeloader fly), Pachygaster pulchra (soldier fly) upper left to lower right: photos by Joe Fernandes, Linda Crabtree (next 2), Val Bugh (last 5) Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Bill Boyd Aquarius remigis (water strider nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochroa ligata (conchuela stink bug eggs) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 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) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) 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) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), fresh tracks Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh tracks Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh tracks Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), fresh digging Reptiles: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Julid Millipede (Brachyiulus sp.) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Dwarf Gray Striped Isopod (Nagurus cristatus) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Asian Trampsnail (Bradybaena similaris) White-lip Globe (Mesodon thyroidus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    noctuidae   Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Hemieuxoa rudens   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithacodia       Maliattha synochitis   Black-dotted Lithacodia       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth    erebidae   Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Melipotis jucunda   Merry Melipotis       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth (adult & larva)    notodontidae   Coelodasys errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth       Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)       Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Pyrausta pseuderosnealis   Pyrausta Moth       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth    pyralidae   Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth    tortricidae   Pseudexentera hodsoni   Leafroller Moth       Chimoptesis gerulae   Leafroller Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Keiferia glochinella   Eggplant Leafminer Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth       Friseria cockerelli   Mesquite Webworm Moth       Frumenta nundinella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Numata bipunctella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth (adult & larva)    blastobasidae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth (adult & larva)       Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    scythrididae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    elachistidae   Elachista sp.   Moth    momphidae   Mompha eloisella   Red-streaked Mompha Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth       Teladoma sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Povolnya quercinigrella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia quadristrigella   Moth    tischeriidae   Coptotriche sp.   Trumpet Leafminer Moth    heliozelidae   Heliozela aesella   Shield-bearing Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (adult & pupa)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Batyle ignicollis   Longhorn Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Desert Stink Beetle    cantharidae   Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle       Rhagonycha lineola   Soldier Beetle    carabidae   Carabus finitimus   Ground Beetle    oedemeridae   Sparedrus aspersus   False Blister Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Ataenius platensis   Aphodiine Dung Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    miridae   Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug (nymph)       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Rhinacloa forticornis   Western Plant Bug (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Plant Bug (nymph)    gerridae   Aquarius remigis   Water Strider (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (eggs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Osbornellus sp.   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper    issidae   Fowlerium acuta   Planthopper (nymph)    carsidaridae   Pachypsylla sp.   Hackberry Psyllid    triozidae   Baeoalitriozus diospyri   Persimmon Psyllid    aphididae   Unknown sp.   aphid    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Labidus coecus   Army Ant (alate)    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    figitidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon       Anomalon sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    stratiomyidae   Euparyphus sp.   Soldier Fly       Pachygaster pulchra   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    lauxaniidae   Trypetisoma sticticum   Lauxaniid Fly    tephritidae   Trupanea actinobola   Fruit Fly    chloropidae   Chlorops sp.   Frit Fly    pyrgotidae   Boreothrinax maculipennis   Pyrgotid Fly       Sphecomyiella valida   Pyrgotid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    milichiidae   Desmometopa sp.   Freeloader Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Obolopteryx catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Miogryllus saussurei   Eastern Striped Cricket (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Yumachrysa sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Cheumatopsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider