Although the high temperature and humidity under cloudless skies made it uncomfortable, our group of six enjoyed some interesting sightings. Glowworms are uncommon and unusual beetles; the females remain larva-like even at maturity, while the males have ornate antennae and large eyes. Females and larvae feed on millipedes, while the adult males do not feed at all. Another rarely seen insect is the Sand Cricket, or Pygmy Mole Cricket. In spite of the name, it is more closely related to grasshoppers. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Anavitrinella atristrigaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Iridopsis defectaria (brown-shaded gray moth) photo by Val Bugh Megalopyge opercularis (puss caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Vitacea admiranda (clearwing moth) photo by Val Bugh Atalopedes campestris (sachem) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper, immature) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx, immature) photo by Val Bugh Hemipenthes celeris (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) photo by Val Bugh Trigonorhinus limbatus (fungus weevils) photo by Val Bugh Phyllophaga sp. (June beetle) photo by Val Bugh Phengodes sp. (glowworm, male) photo by Val Bugh Ozophora picturata (seed bug) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus sp. (leaf-footed bug eggs) photo by Val Bugh Tridactylus apicalis (larger sand cricket) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus sp. (spur-throated grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes bruneri (Bruner's shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (Texas spiny lizard, baby) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Purple Martin (Progne subis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpole Misc.: Land Snail (Succinea sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva)    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Colias cesonia   Southern Dogface    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper (larva & egg)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Melipotis indomita   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (egg)       Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Rindgea cyda   Moth       Digrammia pallidata   Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Puss Caterpillar    crambidae   Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar    sesiidae   Vitacea admiranda   Clearwing Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Griburius sp.   Leaf Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Anomoea sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Long-horned Beetle       Lepturges angulatus   Long-horned Beetle    scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle    phengodidae   Phengodes sp.   Glowworm (male)    brentidae   Cylas formicarius   Sweet Potato Weevil    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (eggs)       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (eggs)    rhyparochromidae   Froeschneria piligera   Seed Bug       Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes fuscatus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-Black Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp       Auplopus mellipes   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant (alate)       Unknown sp.   Ant (alate) diptera   syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (pupa)    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes celeris   Bee Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia constans   Soldier Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tridactylidae   Tridactylus apicalis   Larger Sand Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Eustala sp.   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Hypsosinga rubens   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx