Seven people conducted this week's survey in stifling hot and sunny conditions. While wasps are not normally thought of as major pollinators, the Tarantula Hawk shown below (covered with yellow pollen) was doing an admirable job on Passionflower. The tiny metallic green Long-legged Flies, so often seen around gardens, are predators and feed on even smaller insects such as gnats and aphids. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee) photo by Val Bugh Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Pepsis sp. (Tarantula Hawk) photo by Harriett Wolf Prionyx sp. (thread-waisted wasp) photo by Val Bugh Crematogaster sp. (acrobat ant, queen) photo by Val Bugh Hibana sp. (ghost spider) photo by Val Bugh Amyelois transitella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Euacidalia brownsvillea (moth) photo by Val Bugh Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ladybird beetle larva) photo by Val Bugh Tibicen texanus (cicada) photo by Val Bugh Oliarus sp. (cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Rhynchomitra microrhina (dictyopharid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid - note "ears" on front legs!) photo by Val Bugh Orthemis ferruginea (roseate skimmer, male) photo by Val Bugh Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Misc.: Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Water Mite Nymphs (Arrenurus sp.), attached to damselfly Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Euacidalia brownsvillea   Moth    crambidae   Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Lema daturaphila   Three-lined Potato Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird (adult & pupa)       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Unknown sp.   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    reduviidae   Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    diaspididae   Uknown sp.   Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Dianthidium sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   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    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula Hawk    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant, queen diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    neriidae   Odontoloxozus longicornis   Cactus Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Aidemona aztecus   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph) blattodea   blattellidae   Blattella sp.   Cockroach araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider