Clouds kept the temperature from soaring this morning and our group of three certainly enjoyed the relatively comfortable conditions. We noted several male bumble bees (along with the usual female workers). These are easily recognizable by their lack of pollen baskets. Spider wasps dealing with their prey (food for their progeny) provided some fascinating wildlife viewing. The first picture below is an example of one of the best ant mimics among insects. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Banasa euchlora (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Val Bugh Auplopus mellipes (spider wasp with Arizona jumper) photo by Val Bugh Poecilopompilus interruptus (spider wasp with orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Misumenops sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (long-horned bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Eustala sp. (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea tabulata (opuntia bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Lactista aztecus (Aztec bandwing nymph) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, male) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen, male) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen texanus (cicada) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus sp. (tree cricket, male) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper (larva)       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail odonata   coenagrionidae   Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Acrosternum hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada hymenoptera   sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    pompilidae   Auplopus mellipes   Spider Wasp       Poecilopompilus interruptus   Spider Wasp    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Unknown sp.   Long-horned Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Spharagemon cristatum   Ridgeback Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Microcentrum rhombifolium   Greater Angle-wing    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Eustala sp.   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Misumenops sp.   Crab Spider    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    theriidae   Argyrodes nephilae   Silver Dewdrop Spider