It was hot and sunny as four volunteers conducted the first survey of August. Some plants, such as the Partridge Pea, have features called extrafloral nectaries, which usually attract ants that will then protect the plant from herbivorous insects. The ant-mimicking true bug nymph shown below is sipping the nectar but will not benefit the plant. Instead, it also feeds on the plant's fluids, especially seed pods. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Eumesosoma sp. (harvestman, with mite larvae) photo by Val Bugh Kuschelina gibbitarsa (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Microphthalma sp. (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Melissodes sp. (digger bee, in sleeping position) photo by Val Bugh Paranthrene dollii (clearwing moth) photo by Val Bugh Durrantia piperatella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia corallina (moth) photo by Val Bugh Litodonta hydromeli (prominent) photo by Val Bugh Lithacodes gracea (graceful slug moth) photo by Val Bugh Dolba hyloeus (pawpaw sphinx, larva) photo by Val Bugh Triaenodes sp. (long-horned caddisfly) photo by Val Bugh Chinavia hilare (green stink bug, hatchlings) photo by Val Bugh Hyalymenus tarsatus (Texas bow-legged bug, nymph feeding at extrafloral nectary) photo by Val Bugh Leptoglossus sp. (leaf-footed bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Zelus tetracanthus (four-spined assassin bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Liorhyssus hyalinus (hyaline grass bug) photo by Val Bugh Triatoma gerstaeckeri (kissing bug) photo by Val Bugh Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's forktail, being cannibalistic) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, nymph eating eufala skipper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Misc.: Land Snail (Polygyra sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma sp.) Mite (Leptus sp.), larva Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tripudia balteata   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx (larva)    notodontidae   Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent       Unknown sp.   Prominent (larva)    limacodidae   Lithacodes gracea   Graceful Slug Moth    geometridae   Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Anavitrinella atristrigaria   Gulf Coast Gray    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Omphalocera cariosa   Barberry Webworm Moth    sesiidae   Paranthrene dollii   Clearwing Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis fullonella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia corallina   Moth    peleopodidae   Durrantia piperatella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Kuschelina gibbitarsa   Flea Beetle       Chrysomela texana   Leaf Beetle (larva)    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle    cerambycidae   Plinthocoelium suaveolens   Bumelia Borer hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Triatoma gerstaeckeri   Kissing Bug    miridae   Reuteroscopus sp.   Plant Bug    rhopalidae   Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    hydrometridae   Hydrometra sp.   Marsh Treader    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymphs) homoptera   cicadellidae   Hymetta sp.   Leafhopper       Illinigina illinoiensis   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Eutettix pictus   Leafhopper       Gyponana sp.   Leafhopper       Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Draeculacephala sp.   Leafhopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    formicidae   Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    tabanidae   Tabanus sp.   Horse Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    platystomatidae   Rivellia sp.   Signal Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly trichoptera   leptoceridae   Triaenodes sp.   Long-horned Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider