Although it was a mostly cloudy morning, the heat was intense as our group of six conducted this week's survey. Butterfly numbers and diversity are quite low due to the weather, while predators such as wasps and robber flies are still fairly common. The Bowl and Doily Spider gets its name from the shape of its distinctive web. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Dianthidium sp. (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Bicyrtes sp. (sand wasp) photo by Val Bugh Tachytes sp. (digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus sp. (tree cricket, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Cydia membrosa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Deltophora glandiferella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Scythris sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Megalopyge opercularis (puss caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (bagworm, a moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Efferia sp. (robber fly) photo by Val Bugh Geron sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Narnia femorata (cactus bug) photo by Val Bugh Frontinella communis (bowl and doily spider) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Val Bugh Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Anaea aidea   Tropical Leafwing    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)    tortricidae   Cydia membrosa   Moth    crambidae   Desmia subdivisalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Puss Caterpillar    gelechiidae   Deltophora glandiferella   Moth    psychidae   Unknown sp.   Bagworm (larva)    xyloryctidae   Scythris sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle    mordellidae   Mordella sp.   Tumbling Flower Beetle    curculionidae   Gerstaeckeria sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    rhyparochromidae   Atrazonotus umbrosus   Seed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee       Unknown sp.   Digger Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Polistes aurifer   Paper Wasp    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer       Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp       Tachytes sp.   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly (adult & eggs)    bombyliidae   Geron sp.   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pantala flavescens   Wandering Glider orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    linyphiidae   Frontinella communis   Bowl and Doily Spider    theridiidae   Achaearanea sp.   Cobweb Spider