It was a dark and stormy morning as our group of five took a quick look around the Gardens in between downpours. The much needed rain was both a novelty and a delight, but it did mean that we saw fewer animals than usual. One exception was snails. The Globular Drop is a common land snail with a shell lip (edge) that can vary from thin to very thick. There is preliminary research that suggests the snail is able to sequester calcium for future use within this structure. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Eumenes sp. (potter wasp nest) photo by Val Bugh Zopherus haldemani (ironclad beetle) photo by Val Bugh Helicina orbiculata (globular drop) photo by Val Bugh Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Tripudia quadrifera (moth) photo by Val Bugh Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail (larva)    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm Moth    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Rindgea cyda   Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    oecophoridae   Inga sparsiciliella   Black-marked Inga coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    languriidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    zopheridae   Zopherus haldemani   Ironclad Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug       Podisus maculiventris   Predatory Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nest)    formicidae   Unknown sp.   Ant (workers & alates) diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid neuroptera   mantispidae   Leptomantispa pulchella   Mantisfly    ascalaphidae   Unknown sp.   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider