A warm and cloudy morning turned sunny as six volunteers completed this week's survey. A combination of warm temperatures, sunshine and many flowers brought out plenty of nectar-seeking insects. After bees, our next most important pollinators of native plants are flies, and we certainly saw a wide variety. Some Honey Bees, however, were not pollinating but instead obtaining nectar from the base of flowers too long for their tongues to probe. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Megachile sp. (leaf-cutter bee) photo by Val Bugh Anthidiellum notatum (bees mating) photo by Val Bugh Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Palpada pusilla (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Palpada furcata (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Atacta brasiliensis (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (flesh fly) photo by Val Bugh Lucilia sp. (blow fly) photo by Val Bugh Rhynchomitra microrhina (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Oecanthus sp. (tree cricket nymph, missing a leg) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing larva) photo by Val Bugh Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus larva) photo by Val Bugh Agriphila vulgivagella (vagabond crambus moth) photo by Val Bugh Agrotis venerabilis (venerable dart) photo by Val Bugh Leptotes marina (marine blue) photo by Val Bugh Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes vesta (vesta crescent) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha sp. (long-jawed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Peucetia viridans (green lynx female, remains of egg sac & shed hatchling skins, & cluster of spiderlings) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Mimic Pondsnail (Pseudosuccinea columella) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Phyciodes vesta   Vesta Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Bird Dropping Moth       Emarginea percara   Moth       Lesmone hinna   Owlet Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Agrotis venerabilis   Venerable Dart       Choephora fungorum   Bent-line Dart       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Pimaphera percata   Moth       Macaria aequiferaria   Woody Angle       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Synchlora frondaria   Camouflaged Looper (larva)    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Diaphania hyalinata   Melonworm Moth       Oenobotys vinotinctalis   Wine-tinted Oenobotys       Eoreuma densella   Wainscot Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus    pyralidae   Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Decodes basiplagana   Leafroller Moth    carposinidae   Carposina sasakii   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug 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       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle    cerambycidae   Ataxia hubbardi   Long-horned Beetle       Styloxus fulleri   Long-horned Beetle    carabidae   Discoderus sp.   Ground Beetle       Cyclotrachelus sp.   Ground Beetle    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Unknown sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Acanthocephala sp.   Coreid Bug (egg)       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Catorhintha selector   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug       Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Engytatus modestus   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Penthimia americana   Leafhopper       Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    dictyopharidae   Rhynchomitra microrhina   Planthopper    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes metricus   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus annulatus   Mason Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Eumenes bollii   Potter Wasp diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly       Palpada pusilla   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Villa lateralis   Bee Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly       Cochliomyia macellaria   Secondary Screwworm    tachinidae   Drino sp.   Tachinid Fly    agromyzidae   Melanagromyza sp.   Leaf-miner 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       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Plathemis lydia   Common Whitetail       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Schistocerca damnifica   Mischievous Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph) mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva) psocoptera   psocidae   Unknown sp.   Barklouse araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Habronattus coecatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Apollophanes punctipes   Running Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx (adult & hatchlings)    araneidae   Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Long-jawed Orbweaver