Eight volunteers participated in this week's survey; conditions were cold and sunny. The diversity of moths is fascinating. Those shown below include a very convincing bumble bee mimic and a bird dropping mimic, as well as a pair illustrating size extremes, from the huge Cecropia to a tiny micro-moth (resting on a window screen). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Dan Zinn Xerociris wilsonii (Wilson's wood-nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth) photo by Val Bugh Cameraria sp. (moth, 3 mm long!) photo by Val Bugh Hypena scabra (green cloverworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary pupa) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth eggs) photo by Barbara Ribble Harmonia axyridis (multi-colored Asian lady beetle eggs) photo by Val Bugh Lopidea major (plant bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Phytocoris sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Xerophloea major (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Turdus migratorius (American robin) photo by Harriett Wolf Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) photo by Dvori Bird Pooecetes gramineus (vesper sparrow) photo by Dvori Bird Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Dan Zinn Cathartes aura & Caracara cheriway (turkey vulture & crested caracara) photo by Dvori Bird Eustala sp. (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) tadpoles Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Calycopis isobeon   Dusky-blue Groundstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    notodontidae   Nerice bidentata   Double-toothed Prominent    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Digrammia sp.   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Pyrausta volupialis   Pyrausta Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth    blastobasidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (larva)    copromorphidae   Ellabella editha   Tropical Fruitworm Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    gracillariidae   Cameraria sp.   Moth    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Moth (eggs) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (adult & eggs)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Oulema collaris   Leaf Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    miridae   Lopidea major   Plant Bug (nymph)       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Unknown sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    corinnidae   Trachelas sp.   Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver