A chilly, sunny morning quickly warmed up during this one-person survey. Not many bee species mate in the vicinity of flowers, probably because male bees are very aggressive towards each other and will try to disrupt mating pairs. Immediately after the photo below was taken, the approaching bee pulled the male off and they fell to the ground in a wrestling match. One then flew away and the other followed. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Anthidiellum notatum (megachilid bees) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk eating cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetles) photo by Val Bugh Epicauta pennsylvanica (blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Neotephritis finalis (fruit fly) photo by Val Bugh Solenopsis invicta (imported fire ants eating dead gecko) photo by Val Bugh Trypanalebra maculata (leafhoppers) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona crucifera (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx caterpillars) photo by Val Bugh Ethmia zelleriella (Zeller's ethmia moth) photo by Val Bugh Alberada parabates (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Domestic Cat (Felis domesticus) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult & larva)    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    noctuidae   Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    sphingidae   Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    bruchidae   Mimosestes amicus   Seed Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    meloidae   Epicauta pennsylvanica   Blister Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee       Unknown sp.   Long-horned Bee       Triepeolus sp.   Cuckoo Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acriridae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph) neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing araneae   oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver