Although the morning began cloudy, the sun eventually came out and heated things up quickly. Seven people participated this time. A number of unidentified Duskywing caterpillars found feasting on Barbados Cherry turned out to be Funereal Duskywings. These larvae normally eat legumes, but this additional host has been previously documented as well. Wasps in the genus Liris are known as Cricket Hunters, and the photo below shows one with its preferred prey. The paralyzed cricket will be buried alive after the wasp lays an egg on it. The grub that hatches out will then have a fresh source of meat. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Amphicerus bicaudatus (apple twig borer) photo by Val Bugh Lichenophanes bicornis (horned powder-post beetle) photo by Val Bugh Chrysomela texana (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Harmonia axyridis (multi-colored Asian ladybird, larva) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing, larva) photo by Val Bugh Acronicta rubricoma (ruddy dagger, larva) photo by Val Bugh Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester, larva) photo by Val Bugh Telebasis salva (desert firetail) photo by Val Bugh Satyrium favonius (oak hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Liris sp. (cricket wasp) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha laboriosa (silver longjawed orbweavers mating) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper eating longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cuerna costalis (leafhopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Spissistilus sp. (treehopper) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Val Bugh Gymnosoma sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Crocinosoma cornuale (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Hermetia chrysopila (soldier fly) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus (wheel bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Satyrium favonius   Oak Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (adult & larva)       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Colias cesonia   Southern Dogface    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing (larva)    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth (larva)       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger (larva)       Alypia octomaculata   Eight-spotted Forester (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Speranza graphidaria   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Rindgea cyda   Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Adelphia petrella   Moth       Arta sp.   Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth    tortricidae   Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth       Pseudexentera spoliana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Dull-barred Endothenia    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird (adult, larva & pupa)       Cycloneda munda   Ladybird Beetle       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird (adult & larva)       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Ladybird (pupa)    chrysomelidae   Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Rhabdopterus sp.   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Chrysomela texana   Leaf Beetle    cerambycidae   Rhopalophora sp.   Long-horned Beetle       Typocerus sinuatus   Flower Longhorn       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Trichiotinus texanus   Texas Flower Scarab    melyridae   Attalus rufiventris   Soft-winged Flower Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    cleridae   Isohydnocera sp.   Checkered Beetle    bostrichidae   Amphicerus bicaudatus   Apple Twig Borer       Lichenophanes bicornis   Horned Powder-post Beetle    meloidae   Nemognatha sp.   Blister Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (egg)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin       Oncocephalus sp.   Assassin Bug       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (nymph)    miridae   Taedia sp.   Plant Bug       Plagiognathus sp.   Plant Bug       Lopidea major   Plant Bug       Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus   Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug       Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    pentatomidae   Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Menecles portacrus   Stink Bug       Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (hatchlings) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper (nymph)    membracidae   Spissistilus sp.   Treehopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia sp.   Planthopper (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee       Anthophora abrupta   Digger Bee    megachilidae   Lithurgus sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Yellow-faced Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)    crabronidae   Liris sp.   Cricket Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    formicidae   Neivamyrmex sp.   Legionary Ant (male) diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia chrysopila   Soldier Fly    lauxaniidae   Neodeceia sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly    tephritidae   Euaresta sp.   Fruit Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly       Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly       Gymnosoma sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Unknown sp.   Dragonfly (exuviae)       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Grasshopper       Trimerotropis pallidipennis   Pallid-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid       Conocephalus sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Ground Cricket phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Megaphasma denticrus   Giant Walkingstick (nymph) thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus carolinensis   Carolina Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider