A group of six participated in this survey; the weather was warm and sunny. An interesting relationship is illustrated in the photo below of the wheel bug. The milichiid fly sitting on its head, and a second fly on the bug's back, are not there by accident. These flies routinely live in close proximity to predators, such as spiders and assassin bugs, and surreptitiously feed on their prey. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by Harriett Wolf Wallengrenia otho (southern broken-dash) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus sp. (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Crambus sp. (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypena scabra (green cloverworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevil) photo by Val Bugh Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Juriniopsis sp. (tachinid flies) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus (wheel bug, with milichiid fly on head) photo by Val Bugh Harmostes sp. (scentless plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus sp. (carpenter ant) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (long-horned bee) photo by Val Bugh Sphex sp. (digger wasp) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx) photo by Val Bugh Argia fumipennis (variable dancer) photo by Val Bugh Lomamyia sp. (beaded lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, male) photo by Val Bugh Diapheromera sp. (walkingstick) photo by Val Bugh Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash    noctuidae   Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Zale lunifera   Bold-based Zale    saturniidae   Eacles imperialisnbsp;  Imperial Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Moth    sphingidae   Manduca sexta   Carolina Sphinx (larva)    crambidae   Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Crambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma sp.   Leafroller Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva pustulella   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Long-horned Beetle       Ataxia crypta   Long-horned Beetle    dermestidae   Thaumaglossa americana   Dermestid Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Harmostes sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Ochrimnus mimulus   Seed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    miridae   Unknown sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Unknown sp.   Long-horned Bee       Anthophora abrupta   Digger Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Euodynerus sp.   Mason Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex sp.   Digger Wasp       Sphex habenus   Digger Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Prionyx sp.   Thread-waisted Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Scoliid Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant diptera   dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    milichiidae   Unknown sp.   Milichiid Fly    tachinidae   Juriniopsis sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia fumipennis   Variable Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    libellulidae   Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula pulchella   Twelve-spotted Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Diapheromera sp.   Walkingstick mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    clubionidae   Cheiracanthium inclusum   Sac Spider