Although the morning began fairly cool, sunny skies quickly warmed things up as four people conducted this week's survey. For the past couple of months, we have seen fewer spiders than usual, no doubt due to the heat and drought. Spiders do not have thick exoskeletons to help them retain moisture and so are likely to suffer during weather such as we've had lately. The well-watered nursery plants, though, provide a friendly habitat for arachnids such as the Bold Jumper shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Anolis carolinensis (green anole) photo by Val Bugh Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (redstripe ribbon snake) photo by Harriett Wolf Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) photo by Val Bugh Parachma ochracealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Atteva pustulella (ailanthus webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (crambid larva) photo by Val Bugh Thorybes pylades (northern cloudywing) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa virginiensis (American lady) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Megacerus cubiculus (seed beetle, male & female) photo by Val Bugh Pasimachus sp. (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Halticotoma valida (yucca plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Mecidea major (grass stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Eupeodes volucris (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Sceliphron caementarium (yellow-and-black mud dauber) photo by Val Bugh Sphex habenus (digger wasp, male) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk) photo by Val Bugh Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Pimaphera percata   Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    crambidae   Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    unknown family   Unknown sp.   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva pustulella   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis turbidus   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle    bruchidae   Algarobius bottimeri   Seed Beetle       Megacerus cubiculus   Seed Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Long-horned Beetle    dermestidae   Thaumaglossa americana   Dermestid Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus sp.   Ground Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid    coccidae   Unknown sp.   Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes fuscatus   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex pensylvanica   Great Black Wasp       Sphex habenus   Digger Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula pulchella   Twelve-spotted Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper