Oppressive heat made this survey a little uncomfortable for our party of five. The high temperature makes invertebrates especially active and we caught brief glimpses of many creatures that we could not see well enough to identify. Some notable exceptions though, were a pair of mating robber flies, hummingbirds in the Gardens, and a female digger wasp searching for a site in which to dig her nest. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Arphia sp. (band-winged grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Blastobasis sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Harmostes sp. (scentless plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, female) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ladybird beetle larva eating aphid) photo by Val Bugh Mecidea major (grass stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Mermiria sp. (slant-faced grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Homophoberia apicosa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Prionyx sp. (thread-waisted wasp) photo by Val Bugh Paratettix sp. (pygmy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Promachus hinei (robber flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Apollophanes sp. (running crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange larva) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Spissistilus sp. (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent (adult & eggs)       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (adult & larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper (larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet       Homophoberia apicosa   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    sphingidae   Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth    blastobasidae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk diptera   asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly       Mallophora fautrix   Robber Fly    neriidae   Odontoloxozus longicornis   Cactus Fly    syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva & pupa) coleoptera   coccinellidae   Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva) hemiptera   reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Hymetta anthisma   Leafhopper    membracidae   Spissistilus sp.   Treehopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes quadrifasciata   Sand Wasp    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee       Anthophora abrupta   Digger Bee orthoptera   acrididae   Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Spurthroat    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid    tetrigidae   Paratettix sp.   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    philodromidae   Apollophanes sp.   Running Crab Spider