This survey was conducted by one person under mostly sunny skies with oppressive heat and humidity. The Gecko egg found in the stonework in the Display Gardens was about 1 cm in length - impressive for a lizard that is only about 4.5 inches long. The egg had hatched and had an almost circular opening at one end. The Mantis was first seen as it began egg-laying. It finished its task after 1.5 hours. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Epicauta sp. (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Argia fumipennis (variable dancer) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Val Bugh Euparius marmoreus (fungus weevil) photo by Val Bugh Galasa nigrinodis (boxwood leaftier moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia sanguinea (flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko egg) photo by Val Bugh Rhynchomitra microrhina (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus zonatus (leaf-footed bug) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis laying eggs) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Val Bugh Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Hesperotettix speciosus (showy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea vittiger (opuntia bug) photo by Val Bugh Pelegrina galathea (peppered jumper stalking aphids) photo by Val Bugh Oebalus pugnax (rice stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Mollusks: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing    noctuidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Schinia sanguinea   Flower Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth    tortricidae   Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    crambidae   Lipocosmodes new sp.   Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth    pyralidae   Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    meloidae   Epicauta sp.   Blister Beetle    anthribidae   Euparius marmoreus   Fungus Weevil    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Long-horned Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug    hydrometridae   Hydrometra sp.   Marsh Treader    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug       Acrosternum hilare   Green Stink Bug (adult & nymph) homoptera   acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    margarodidae   Unknown sp.   Scale    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   vespidae   Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    apidae   Bombus pensylvanicus   Bumble Bee diptera   culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider