Partly cloudy skies and breezy conditions kept the temperature from rising too quickly on this survey. We had seven participants. There were a good number of spiders; one of particular interest was the Dotted Wolf Spider. The dots are on the spider's belly, so we put our unhappy subject in a jar in order to see this feature. The poor beast was probably quite relieved that we later released it. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider, male with 3 missing legs) photo by Val Bugh Melitara junctolineella (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Diastictis fracturalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (digger bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (hemipteran eggs) photo by Val Bugh Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus cardinalis (cardinal jumper, female) photo by Val Bugh Graphisurus trangulifera (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha sp. (long-jawed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Melipotis cellaris (moth) photo by Val Bugh Oncerometopus sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Pisaurina mira (nursery web spider) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ensign scale, females with attached egg sacs and nymph) photo by Val Bugh Copaeodes aurantiaca (orange skipperling) photo by Val Bugh Lestes australis (southern spreadwing) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walkingstick, male) photo by Val Bugh Trichopepla semivittata (stink bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Rabidosa punctulata (dotted wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Meadowlark (Sturnella sp.) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer tracks (Odocoileus virginianus) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Chigger (Unknown sp.) Millipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult, pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-Skipper (larva)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Mocis marcida   Moth       Thioptera nigrofimbria   Black-bordered Lemon Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)    geometridae   Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave    crambidae   Parapoynx obscuralis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    lestidae   Lestes australis   Southern Spreadwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    cerambycidae   Graphisurus triangulifer   Longhorn Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle    curculionidae   Unknown sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus sp.   Assassin Bug (eggs)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug (nymph)    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Bug (eggs)    scutelleridae   Unknown sp.   Shield Bug    miridae   Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph) homoptera   cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid    margarodidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale    ortheziidae   Unknown sp.   Ensign Scale    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (nymph) hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Poecilopompilus sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Unknown sp.   Digger Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    ulidiidae   Stictomyia longicornis   Picture-winged Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Phaedrotettix concinnus   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   heteronemiidae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walkingstick neuroptera   hemerobiidae   Unknown sp.   Brown Lacewing    chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & eggs) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Long-jawed Orbweaver    pisauridae   Pisaurina mira   Nursery Web Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx