The Dog Days of summer are here and we felt it. Five people participated in this survey. We missed the best sighting of all, which was a reported bobcat near the library building the previous evening. Two snakes, within five feet of each other, though, were certainly fascinating. We also witnessed an Olympic leap by the leopard frog just after we photographed it. Notable numbers of bumble bees show that these important pollinators are having a very good year. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) eating queen (with silver dewdrop spider at right) photo by Val Bugh Artace cribrarius (dot-lined white) photo by Val Bugh Bombus pensylvanicus (bumble bee) photo by Val Bugh Oecleus sp. (cixiid plant hopper) photo by Val Bugh Euphyes vestris (dun skipper) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala sp. (coreid bug egg) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (southern emerald) photo by Val Bugh Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green lacewing eggs) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Polistes carolina (red wasp) photo by Val Bugh Polistes metricus (paper wasp) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes phaon (phaon crescent) photo by Val Bugh Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper pupa) photo by Val Bugh Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper) photo by Val Bugh Jalysus sp. (stilt bug) photo by Val Bugh Thiodina sylvana (jumping spider eating clouded skipper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) nesting Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Bobcat (Lynx rufus) sighted previous evening Reptiles & Amphibians: Eastern Blackneck Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Snake Skin (Unknown sp.) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper (adult & larva)       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Amblyscirtes celia   Celia's Roadside-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Calpodes ethlius   Brazilian Skipper (pupa)    noctuidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Bagisara rectifascia   Moth (larva)       Goniapteryx servia   Moth    lasiocampidae   Artace cribrarius   Dot-lined White    notodontidae   Schizura unicornis   Unicorn Caterpillar Moth    geometridae   Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Disclisioprocta stellata   Somber Carpet    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    crambidae   Glaphyria peremptalis   Moth odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph & adult)       Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (egg)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug    Berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela homoptera   cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Misumenops sp.   Crab Spider    salticidae   Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider    theriidae   Argyrodes nephilae   Silver Dewdrop Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx Spider