Six participants enjoyed a lovely cool morning which eventually gave way to a rather warm sunny day. Here is a little additional information about some of the pictured animals: The ensign wasp lays its eggs on those of cockroaches, which its young then devour. The velvet ant is actually a female wasp; be careful as they can sting! The gulf fritillary pupa was bending in order to catch the warmth of the morning sun. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Val Bugh Aphis nerii (oleander aphid) photo by Val Bugh Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryi (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk, female) photo by Val Bugh Evania appendigaster (ensign wasp) photo by Val Bugh Automeris io (Io moth larvae) photo by Val Bugh Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper, brown phase) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula admirabilis (handsome grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Caenurgina erechtea (forage looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary pupa) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch pupa) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (salt marsh caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper, male) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Dasymutilla texanella (velvet ant) photo by Val Bugh Zelus longipes (milkweed assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult, larva, pupa)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & pupa)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur (adult & egg)       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-Skipper (larva)    noctuidae   Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Abrostola microvalis   Moth    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    crambidae   Herpetogramma phaeopteralis   Dusky Herpetogramma    geometridae   Eupithecia sp.   Pug odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus longipes   Milkweed Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    mutillidae   Dasymutilla texanella   Velvet Ant    evaniidae   Evania appendigaster   Ensign Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda sp.   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx