Our group of five endured hot and sunny conditions during this survey on the first full day of summer. Moist, shady areas are inviting to both people and, unfortunately, mosquitoes. We do, however, have allies in our efforts against the pests. Tiny damselflies, quite numerous in the Gardens, fly slowly near the ground, hunting equally small prey. Mosquitoes feature prominently on their menu and we often see the predators devouring the leggy vermin (see photo below). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid, female) photo by Val Bugh Lactista aztecus (Aztec bandwing, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Boopedon gracile (graceful range grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Scolia nobilitata (scoliid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Neodiplocampta miranda (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Cnemodus mavortius (seed bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Alaus lusciosus (click beetle) photo by Val Bugh Eumorpha fasciatus (banded sphinx, larva) photo by Val Bugh Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper, larva) photo by Val Bugh Deltophora glandiferella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent) photo by Val Bugh damselfly snacks: Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer eating mosquito) and Enallagma civile (familiar bluet eating leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Argia nahuana (Aztec dancer, male) photo by Val Bugh Erythemis simplicicollis (eastern pondhawk, young male) photo by Val Bugh Dythemis velox (swift setwing, male) photo by Val Bugh Trachelas sp. (spider with egg sac) photo by Val Bugh Tetragnatha sp. (long-jawed orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus mystaceus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (adult & pupa)       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor (adult & larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (larva & pupa)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Atlides halesus   Great Purple Hairstreak    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    sphingidae   Eumorpha fasciatus   Banded Sphinx (larva)       Hyles lineata   White-lined Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Pimaphera percata   Moth    crambidae   Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malacitana   Sculptured Moth       Aethes seriatana   Moth       Rudenia leguminana   Black-tipped Rudenia    gelechiidae   Deltophora glandiferella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Yellow-veined Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    elateridae   Alaus lusciosus   Click Beetle    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle       Blapstinus sp.   Darkling Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Ozophora picturata   Seed Bug       Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug       Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    tingidae   Teleonemia sp.   Lace Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Homalodisca sp.   Sharpshooter (nymph)       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Texananus ovatus   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Melissodes bimaculata   Digger Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Isodontia sp.   Grass-carrying Wasp    scoliidae   Scolia nobilitata   Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    bombyliidae   Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Neodiplocampta miranda   Bee Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia nahuana   Aztec Dancer       Argia moesta   Powdered Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erithemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Dythemis velox   Swift Setwing orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Eritettixabortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva)    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing trichoptera   leptoceridae   Oecetis sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   araneidae   Araneus sp.   Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Long-jawed Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus mystaceus   Jumping Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    corinnidae   Trachelus sp.   Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula (one leg found)