Our four participants enjoyed a cool and sunny morning during this week's survey. The females of many wasps can sting if threatened, but their stingers are normally withdrawn inside their bodies and not visible. Ichneumons, though, often possess long ovipositors that are quite obvious (see photo below). These are harmless to us, as they are not stingers, have no venom glands, and are only used to deposit eggs into other insects so the grubs can feed as internal parasitoids. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjacket drinking water) photo by Val Bugh Monobia quadridens (mason wasp) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes fraternus (potter wasp) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes bollii (potter wasp) photo by Val Bugh Compsocryptus sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Dalquestia formosa (Halloween harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Gerstaeckeria sp. (cactus weevil feeding on prickly pear) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Gyponana sp. (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Chariesterus antennator (euphorbia bug) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta sp. (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Achyra rantalis (garden webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Diacme elealis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hammaptera parinotata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cisthene barnesii (lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Lesmone hinna (owlet moth) photo by Val Bugh Cerathosia tricolor (moth) photo by Val Bugh Spodoptera albula (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Pontia protodice (checkered white, female) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Eumesosoma sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Pontia protodice   Checkered White    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Elaphria alapallida   Pale-winged Midget       Spodoptera albula   Moth       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (adult & larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth       Cisthene barnesii   Lichen Moth       Virbia sp.   Moth    sphingidae   Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Rindgea cyda   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Hammaptera parinotata   Moth       Eupithecia longidens   Pug    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Pyrausta sp.   Pyrausta Moth (larva)       Diaphania hyalinata   Melonworm Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Psara obscuralis   Obscure Psara Moth    pyralidae   Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema abruptana   Leafroller Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird Beetle (larva)    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Gerstaeckeria sp.   Cactus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Chariesterus antennator   Euphorbia Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (nymph)       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes sp.   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Monobia quadridens   Mason Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Eumenes bollii   Potter Wasp    ichneumonidae   Compsocryptus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Villa lateralis   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet       Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail    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 plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis    mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (adult & eggs)       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    lycosidae   Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider