It was very cool and cloudy as four participants completed this week's survey. Gardeners often notice tiny, slender metallic green or copper-colored flies on the leaves of plants. Long-legged flies (the name of the entire family) are predators that feast on tiny insects. One example is shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Eupackardia calleta (calleta silkmoth with cocoon at lower right) photo by Val Bugh Neodactylota liguritrix (moth) photo by Val Bugh Parachma ochracealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false skeletonizer moths mating) photo by Val Bugh Lactura sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lactura sp. (moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing, larva) photo by Val Bugh Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail, larva) photo by Val Bugh Pontia protodice (checkered white) photo by Val Bugh Anelaphus sp. (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Poecilocapsus lineatus (four-lined plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Neurocolpus sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Tropidosteptes quercicola (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Lopidea major (plant bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Smilia camelus (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly) photo by Val Bugh Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Ozodiceromyia sp. (stiletto fly) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   pieridae   Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)    noctuidae   Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird-dropping Moth       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm (larva)       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (adult & larva)       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)       Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth    geometridae   Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (adult & larva)    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia sp.   Ethmia Moth (larva)    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth       Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Anelaphus sp.   Longhorn Beetle    dermestidae   Anthrenus verbasci   Carpet Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Melacoryphus lateralis   Seed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Drymus crassus   Seed Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug       Tropidosteptes quercicola   Plant Bug       Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)    membracidae   Smilia camelus   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus sp.   Soldier Fly    muscidae   Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    therevidae   Ozodiceromyia sp.   Stiletto Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver