Although it was hot, mostly cloudy skies kept our party of six from becoming too overheated for much of the morning. The most well-known use for spider webs is as a means for the spider to catch its food. However, the web can also create a safe retreat from certain predators, as we witnessed when the Trypoxylon wasp shown below was thwarted in her attempt to reach a small cobweb weaver. If she had been able to catch the spider, she would have paralyzed it and added it to her nest as food for her offspring. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Neodiplocampta miranda (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Polacantha sp. (robber fly, female) photo by Val Bugh Erythemis vesiculosa (great pondhawk) photo by Val Bugh Omophoita cyanipennis (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia parva (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx moth, larva) photo by Val Bugh Diastictis fracturalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Aetole sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Monopis sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (chalcid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Trypoxylon sp. (wasp) photo by Val Bugh Anelosimus studiosus (social cobweb weaver) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx with honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Titmouse (Baeolophus sp.) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper    geometridae   Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia hodgesella   Ethmia Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    tineidae   Monopis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Unknown sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    thyreocoridae   Corimelaena sp.   Ebony Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Unknown sp.   Digger Bee       Xylocopa tabaniformis   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern 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       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp    crabronidae   Trypoxylon sp.   Wasp       Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp       Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    chalcididae   Unknown sp.   Chalcid Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Polacantha sp.   Robber Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Erythemis vesiculosa   Great Pondhawk orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    theridiidae   Anelosimus studiosus   Social Cobweb Weaver