Two people conducted the final survey of the year; the weather was cool and rainy. Below are shown some interesting comparisons: a midge and a mosquito (two different families of true flies), a brown lacewing and a green lacewing (again, different families), and a harvestman and a spider (the former produces no silk or venom, while the latter has two body parts instead of one). People often ask what butterflies and other insects do when it rains. The answer is not all that surprising: they either take shelter or get wet. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Halictus sp. (sweat bees, males) photo by Val Bugh Fissicrambus quadrinotellus (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Idaea obfusaria (rippled wave) photo by Val Bugh Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (bent-line carpet) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (barklouse) photo by Val Bugh Chrysoperla sp. (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Micromus sp. (brown lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Styloxus fulleri (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Dichrooscytus sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Phytocoris sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (midge) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (mosquito, male) photo by Val Bugh Ctenolipisma longicaudata (gray silverfish) photo by Val Bugh Otala lactea (garden snail) photo by Val Bugh Armadillidium vulgare (pillbug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (polydesmid millipede) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (julid millipede) photo by Val Bugh Dalquestia formosa (harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Xysticus sp. (crab spider eating longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Land Snail (Polygyra sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare), a crustacean Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Cylindrical Millipede (Unknown sp.), order Julida Flat-backed Millipede (Unknown sp.), order Polydesmida Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    noctuidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper (larva)    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Idaea obfusaria   Rippled Wave       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet    crambidae   Fissicrambus quadrinotellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Long-horned Beetle hemiptera   miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Engytatus modestus   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug hymenoptera   halictidae   Halictus sp.   Sweat Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus sp.   Brown Lacewing psocoptera   psocidae   Unknown sp.   Barklouse thysanura   lepismatidae   Ctenolipisma longicaudata   Gray Silverfish araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider