Although it was a cold and windy morning, the sun quickly warmed up our five participants. Due to the low morning temperature, many flying insects, such as bees, flies, butterflies and even a dragonfly, were found perfectly still; we could finally get a good look at them! Instead of seeing Southern Yellowjacket workers (females) as on previous surveys, this time we noted more males, which are a bit bigger and have slightly larger and longer bodies. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Acmaeodera scalaris (metalic wood-boring beetle) photo by Val Bugh Anax junius (common green darner, female) photo by Val Bugh Bicyrtes ventralis (sand wasp) photo by Val Bugh Bothrotes sp. (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Calocoris barberi (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Euphyes vestris (dun skipper) photo by Val Bugh Atalopedes campestris (sachem and long-horned bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (large lepidopteran egg found on live oak) photo by Val Bugh Hibana sp. (ghost spider) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Stragania robusta (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca damnifica (mischievous bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (millipede, order Julida) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent) photo by Val Bugh Estigmene acrea (saltmarsh caterpillar hatchlings) photo by Val Bugh Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug eating fly) photo by Val Bugh Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva & eggs)       Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Moth (egg)    geometridae   Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Labidomera clivicollis   Milkweed Leaf Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera scalaris   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Bothrotes sp.   Darkling Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus sp.   Ground Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Leaf-footed Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Edessa bifida   Stink Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug       Calocoris barberi   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (nymph) homoptera   acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cicadellidae   Stragania robusta   Leafhopper       Coelidia olitoria   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes ventralis   Sand Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Unknown sp.   Digger Bee    megachilidae   Unknown sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Sweat Bee diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & eggs) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx