Seven volunteers braved the sauna-like weather this time. The day began foggy and, although the sun came out, the humidity felt like it stayed at 100% all morning. Mosquitoes were ravenous and numerous! The highlight this time was the emergence of a Two-tailed Swallowtail in the Insectary. We were treated to a close-up look at this perfect beauty before its release. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Psorophora ciliata (gallinipper) photo by Val Bugh Aphis illinoisensis (grape aphids) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea tabulata (opuntia bug) photo by Val Bugh Cydosia aurivitta (straight-lined cydosia) photo by Val Bugh Eumorpha vitis (vine sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Acoloithus novaricus (false skeletonizer moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko) photo by Val Bugh Pimaphera percata (moth, family Geometridae) photo by Val Bugh Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx larva or tobacco hornworm) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx with plebeian sphinx moth) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus flabellatus (spur-throated grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Niesthrea louisianica (scentless plant bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Schinia chrysellus (broomweed flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Angustipes ameghini (black-velvet leatherleaf slug) photo by Val Bugh Trichopepla semivittata (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail) photo by Val Bugh Zale lunata (lunate zale larva) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thyryomanes ludovicianus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mollusks: Black-velvet Leatherleaf Slug (Angustipes ameghini) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    noctuidae   Zale lunata   Lunate Zale (larva)       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Cydosia aurivitta   Straight-lined Cydosia       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    sphingidae   Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx       Paratraea plebeja   Plebeian Sphinx       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Pimaphera percata   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva pustulella   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    crambidae   Lipocosmodes new species   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth       Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    carabidae   Lebia pulchella   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Black Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Unknown sp.   Scarab hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)    scutelleridae   Unknown sp.   Shield Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Acrosternum hilare   Green Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    aphididae   Aphis illinoisensis   Grape Aphid hymenoptera   sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa micans   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito       Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Psorophora ciliata   Gallinipper orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Spurthroated Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theriidae   Argyrodes nephilae   Silver Dewdrop Spider