Although it was quite warm, clouds helped our party of seven remain comfortable through much of the morning. One unusual sighting was a Thick-headed Fly. This insect is not dumber than usual, but simply has a large head. It is an excellent wasp mimic. The Pale-bordered Field Cockroach is one of the few diurnal (active by day) roaches. It is almost never found in houses and does its clean-up work outside on plants. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Trypoxylon sp. (wasp) photo by Val Bugh Physocephala sp. (thick-headed fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (flesh fly) photo by Val Bugh Lobocleta ossularia (drab brown wave) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common or white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Maevia inclemens (dimorphic jumper, male) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper, immature, eating spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomops septentrionalis (pale-bordered field cockroach, with aphid) photo by Val Bugh Jalysus sp. (stilt bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ladybird beetle larva eating aphid, with fire ant) photo by Val Bugh Griburius sp. (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Disonycha fumata (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Omophoita cyanipennis (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Anomoea sp. (leaf beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), tracks Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps), dead Misc.: Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias cesonia   Southern Dogface       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Epargyreus clarus   Silver-spotted Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    crambidae   Aethiophysa dualis   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Fissicrambus quadrinotellus   Grass-veneer Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    coleophoridae   Unknown sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Griburius sp.   Leaf Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Disonycha fumata   Flea Beetle       Anomoea sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    mordellidae   Mordella marginata   Tumbling Flower Beetle    languriidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug    miridae   Prepops sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    scutelleridae   Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug       Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Cosmopepla lintneriana   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Homalodisca insolita   Sharpshooter       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    cicadidae   Tibicen sp.   Cicada (exuviae)    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Unknown sp.   Long-horned Bee       Anthophora abrupta   Digger Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    andrenidae   Unknown sp.   Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Stelis sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket (queen)    sphecidae   Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Ammophila sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-Black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Trypoxylon sp.   Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    conopidae   Physocephala sp.   Thick-headed Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia illucens   Black Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Unknown spp.   Tachinid Flies odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Spur-throated Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Unknown sp.   Meadow Katydid (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket blattodea   blattellidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Brachynemurus sp.   Antlion araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Maevia inclemens   Dimorphic Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx       Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula (dead)