Cool temperatures prevailed during a mostly cloudy morning, which suited our party of four just fine, but kept flying insects, such as butterflies, to a minimum. We found a number of thread-legged katydid nymphs out in the Wildflower Meadow. These insects will have incredibly long legs when they mature. Images this time include sex, violence, and a caterpillar exposing itself, so scroll down carefully. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Acronicta americana (American dagger) photo by Val Bugh Palthis asopialis (faint-spotted palthis) photo by Val Bugh Platynota flavedana (black-shaded platynota moth) photo by Val Bugh Ypsolopha unicipunctella (agarita slug, a moth caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Catocala ilia (ilia underwing larva - yes, it is lying on its back) photo by Val Bugh Crematogaster sp. (acrobat ant nectaring on possumhaw) photo by Val Bugh Arphia simplex (plains yellow-winged grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Arethaea ambulator (walking thread-legged katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Cycloneda sanguinea (red ladybird larva) photo by Val Bugh Mordellistena cervicalis (tumbling flower beetle) photo by Val Bugh Oncerometopus sp. (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Philodromus sp. (running crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating dance fly) photo by Val Bugh Hentzia palmarum (long-jawed jumper, mating pair) photo by Val Bugh Eris militaris (bronze jumper eating pale-veined isturgia caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Reptiles: Eastern Blackneck Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (adult & larva)       Everes comyntas   Eastern Tailed-blue    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Acronicta americana   American Dagger       Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Palthis asopialis   Faint-spotted Palthis       Catocala ilia   Ilia Underwing (larva)       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (adult & eggs)    geometridae   Pero meskaria   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Rindgea cyda   Moth       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing (adult & larva)       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia (adult & larva)    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Hileithia magualis   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    sphingidae   Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (adult & larva)    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug (larva)    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Eucosma sp.   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera spoliana   Leafroller Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia       Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird (larva)    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Xanthonia sp.   Leaf Beetle       Babia quadriguttata   Leaf Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   June Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    bostrichidae   Amphicerus bicaudatus   Apple Twig Borer    curculionidae   Conotrachelus leucophaeatus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    miridae   Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (eggs & nymphs)       Brochymena sp.   Rough Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp    tenthredinidae   Periclista sp.   Common Sawfly (larva)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant    apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee diptera   syrphidae   Eupeodes volucris   Flower fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    tephritidae   Eutreta sp.   Fruit Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly (egg) orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Mermiria sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper    araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    linyphiidae   Unknown sp.   Dwarf Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula