It was a hot and muggy morning, with scant cloud cover for occasional relief. Four participants braved the heat this time. Many of the blooming flowers were attracting insects, but most notable were the Kidneywood in the Butterfly Garden and the Scorpion Tail in the Display Gardens. The Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars in the Oculus Beds are growing quickly; in just one week they went from eggs to inch-long larvae. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Unknown sp. (ants) photo by Val Bugh Apiomerus spissipes (bee assassin, eating honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (wasp, family Chalcididae) photo by Val Bugh Sphex ichneumoneus (great golden digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Trielis octomaculata (scoliid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Thermonectus basillaris (predaceous diving beetle) photo by Val Bugh Colias cesonia (southern dogface) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Sphaenothecus bivittata (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Dicromantispa interrupta (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail larva) photo by Val Bugh Atalopedes campestris (sachem) photo by Val Bugh Tramea onusta (red saddlebags) photo by Val Bugh Platycryptus undatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Emesaya brevipennis (thread-legged bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh unknown sp. (moth, family Tortricidae) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus sp. (tree cricket nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) 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       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor    pieridae   Colias cesonia   Southern Dogface       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    sphingidae   Xylophanes tersa   Tersa Sphinx    geometridae   Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper    pyralidae   Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    crambidae   Lipocosmodes new species   Moth       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Moth odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Long-horned Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird    dytiscidae   Thermonectus basillaris   Predaceous Diving Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph & eggs)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Emesaya brevipennis   Thread-legged Bug (nymph)       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Acrosternum hilare   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sphex pennsylvanica   Great Black Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant       Unknown sp.   Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    scoliidae   Trielis octomaculata   Scoliid Wasp    chalcididae   Unknown sp.   Chalcid Wasp    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee       Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Anthophora abrupta   Digger Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva & pupa) orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) neuroptera   mantispidae   Dicromantispa interrupta   Mantisfly       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & egg) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    theriidae   Argyrodes nephilae   Silver Dewdrop Spider