A few showers punctuated the warm and partly cloudy morning as four volunteers participated in this week's survey. Spiders have a variety of methods for catching prey. Below are shown two very different examples. The Feather-legged Orbweaver is unusual because it does not have venom; victims are caught only in its web. The Crab Spider, on the other hand, is an ambush hunter that does not use silk to capture its food. Instead, it has potent venom for quickly killing large insects with a single bite. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phidippus cardinalis (cardinal jumper) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Val Bugh Uloborus glomosus (feather-legged orbweaver, hanging upside down in its web) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating American snout) photo by Val Bugh Myzinum quinquecinctum (tiphiid wasp, male) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (green lacewing, larva) photo by Val Bugh Villa lateralis (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevil) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochroa ligata (conchuela) photo by Val Bugh Polymerus basalis (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Mimoschinia rufofascialis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cydia latiferreana (filbertworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Ethmia mirusella (ethmia moth) photo by Val Bugh Caloptilia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Acontia cretata (bird-dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Atteva aurea (ailanthus webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Phytometra orgiae (moth) photo by Val Bugh Alberada parabates (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Libytheana carinenta (American snout) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Acontia cretata   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Plagiomimicus manti   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Crambodes talidiformis   Verbena Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Grotella septempunctata   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth (adult & larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Euacidalia sericearia   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Pero meskaria   Moth    crambidae   Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth    pyralidae   Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Dolichomia olinalis   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth       Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia       Ethmia mirusella   Ethmia Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth       Blastobasis sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Antaeotricha osseella   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    gracillariidae   Caloptilia sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Psyllobora renifer   Ladybird Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    erotylidae   Tritoma sp.   Pleasing Fungus Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites eximius   Flower Weevil    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Tyloderma baridium   Weevil       Listronotus sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)       Anasa tristis   Squash Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    miridae   Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela homoptera   cicadellidae   Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    tiphiidae   Myzinum quinquecinctum   Tiphiid Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Villa lateralis   Bee Fly    muscidae   Musca domestica   House Fly       Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (adult & nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis    mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver