Heavily overcast conditions this time kept the temperature from soaring, but high humidity still made it a bit sticky. Three people participated, including two accomplished birders. Most of the birds listed were identified by their calls, but we did enjoy watching a hummingbird zip around the garden area. The insects and spiders are busy eating and reproducing. Plant growth is in high gear after plenty of recent rain. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Chrysomela sp. (leaf beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Melanolestes picipes (black corsair) photo by Val Bugh Phaeostrymon alcestis (soapberry hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Dictyonissus griphus (planthopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Disonycha discoidea (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Hypoprepia miniata (scarlet-winged lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (potter wasp nest) photo by Val Bugh Pontia protodice (checkered white chrysalis) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta laticlavia (southern purple mint moth) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx egg) photo by Val Bugh Philodromus sp. (running crab spider with eggs) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange larva) photo by Val Bugh Leucostoma sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Typocerus sinuatus (flower longhorn) photo by Val Bugh Saygorytes phaleratus (planthopper wasp with treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Pontia protodice (checkered whites mating) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mollusks: Land Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Land Snail (Catinella avara) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Harvestman (order Opiliones) Chigger (family Trombiculidae, larva) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva, pupa & adult)       Pontia protodice   Checkered White (pupa & adult)    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Phaeostrymon alcestis   Soapberry Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Checkered-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    geometridae   Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug (larva)       Unknown sp.   Inchworm       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (egg & larva)    pyralidae   Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm (egg & larva)    crambidae   Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth    oecophoridae   Inga sparsiciliella   Black-marked Inga       Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    culicidae   Aedes aegypti   Yellow-fever Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia sp.   Robber Fly coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Chrysomela sp.   Leaf Beetle (larva)       Disonycha discoidea   Flea Beetle       Kuschelina gibbitarsa   Flea Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Unknown sp.   Leaf Beetle (larva)       Neolema quadriguttata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    scarabaeidae   Cyclocephala sp.   Scarab    cerambycidae   Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn    carabidae   Pasimachus depressus   Ground Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Bug       Lopidea sp.   Plant Bug       Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph & adult)       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph & adult)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph & adult)       Sinea sp.   Spined Assassin Bug (nymph)       Melanolestes picipes   Black Corsair    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   Seed Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph & adult)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Tinobregmus vittatus   Leafhopper (nymph)    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    issidae   Thionia acuta   Planthopper       Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper (nymph & adult)    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper       Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper hymenoptera   halictidae   Unknown sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant    crabronidae   Saygorytes phaleratus   Planthopper Wasp    sphecidae   Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Chlorion sp.   Cricket Hunter    vespidae   Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nest)       Polistes fuscatus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    argidae   Unknown sp.   Sawfly orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph & adult)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    acrididae   Melaoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Hamataliwa grisea   Gray Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    pisauridae   Dolomedes triton   Fishing Spider    salticidae   Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Thiodina puerpera   Jumping Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    thomisidae   Misumenops sp.   Crab Spider