It was stifling hot and partly sunny this time as five participants did their best to seek out the ever diminishing fauna. The drought is not being friendly to plants or animals. One curiously gruesome find was the Rambur's Forktail (a damselfly) that was eating something. Only upon seeing the enlarged photo later did it become obvious that the tail end of another Rambur's Forktail was the meal. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Val Bugh Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Erinnyis obscura (obscure sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Parachma ochracealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Charidotella sexpunctata (golden tortoise beetles mating) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Val Bugh Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebug photo by Val Bugh Hymetta sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Illinigina illinoiensis (leafhoppers mating) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Engytatus modestus (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail engaged in cannibalism) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (slant-faced grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Domestic Dog (Canis domesticus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) Misc.: Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Acontia cretata   Bird-dropping Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave    sphingidae   Erinnyis obscura   Obscure Sphinx    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar       Lipocosmodes new species   Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    coleophoridae   Holcocera sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Unknown sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus cockerelli   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Charidotella sexpunctata   Golden Tortoise Beetle    coccinellidae   Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Gerstaeckeria sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    miridae   Engytatus modestus   Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    pentatomidae   Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Hymetta sp.   Leafhopper       Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula Hawk diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    libellulidae   Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Unknown sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx