It was sunny and very hot as our party of six completed the last survey for June. Robber flies, supreme aerial predators, are on the increase at this time of year. They frequently perch near flowers where bees and other insects will arrive. Another predator that is now active is the Cicada Killer. This huge wasp paralyzes a cicada, drags it down a hole it has dug, and lays an egg on the hapless insect. The wasp's grub will feed on the fresh prey that its mother provided. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Val Bugh Aon noctuiformis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Desmia sp. (moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Myrmeleon sp. (antlion, larva) photo by Val Bugh Eburia mutica (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Oxyopes acleistus (lynx spider) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus clypealis (leaf-footed bug) photo by Val Bugh Efferia tuberculata (robber fly, male) photo by Val Bugh Efferia sp. (robber fly, female) photo by Val Bugh Mallophora fautrix (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Xylocopa virginica (eastern carpenter bee) photo by Val Bugh Polistes carolina (red wasp) photo by Val Bugh Sphecius speciosus (cicada killer) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Misc.: Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth    geometridae   Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth    crambidae   Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth (larva)       Aethiophysa dualis   Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Puss Caterpillar coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Anomoea sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    cerambycidae   Eburia mutica   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle    languriidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Gerstaeckeria sp.   Weevil       Sitona sp.   Broad-nosed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Cyrtopeltis sp.   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cicadidae   Tibicen sp.   Cicada (exuviae)    kermesidae   Unknown sp.   Gall-like Scale    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    tiphiidae   Tiphia sp.   Wasp    mutillidae   Dasymutilla sp.   Velvet Ant (male)    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia sp.   Robber Fly       Efferia tuberculata   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly       Mallophora fautrix   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Araneus bicentenarius   Giant Lichen Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider