Warm temperatures were offset slightly by mostly overcast skies as our party of four conducted this week's survey. The true bugs (order Hemiptera) are often rather confusing to people not familiar with insect classification. One of the distinguishing features of this group is their method of feeding: they suck liquids through tube-like mouthparts. This apparatus is obvious in the photo of the Large Milkweed Bug shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake, immature) photo by Val Bugh Habronattus coecatus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Euryopis sp. (cobweb spider) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (aphids, adult & young) photo by Val Bugh Neotephritis finalis (fruit fly) photo by Val Bugh Trupanea sp. (fruit fly) photo by Val Bugh Oligonicella scudderi (Scudder's mantis) photo by Val Bugh Orphulella speciosa (pasture grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Syrbula montezuma (Montezuma's grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Lactista aztecus (Aztec bandwing, color variations) photo by Val Bugh Pintalia delicata (cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea tabulata (opuntia bug, nymph molting) photo by Val Bugh Pasimachus sp.(ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Schizura ipomoeae (morning-glory prominent caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Nerice bidentata (double-toothed prominent) photo by Val Bugh Heterocampa umbrata (white-blotched heterocampa) photo by Val Bugh Episemasia cervinaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail, male puddling) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Whiptail (Cnemidophorus sp.) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Acontia cretata   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache expolita   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache aprica   Exposed Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird-dropping Moth       Elaphria alapallida   Pale-winged Midget       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Helicoverpa zea   Corn Earworm Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Grotella septempunctata   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent       Schizura ipomoeae   Morning-glory Prominent (larva)       Litodonta hydromeli   Prominent       Nerice bidentata   Double-toothed Prominent       Heterocampa umbrata   White-blotched Heterocampa    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (adult & eggs)    geometridae   Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald (adult & larva)       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Euacidalia sericearia   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth    pyralidae   Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth       Blastobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle (larva)       Gratiana pallidula   Eggplant Tortoise Beetle       Unknown sp.   Casebearer Leaf Beetle (larva)    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Long-horned Beetle    cleridae   Cymatodera sp.   Checkered Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus sp.   Ground Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mequite Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)       Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug       Nysius sp.   False Chinch Bug (nymph)    rhyparochromidae   Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)    tingidae   Corythucha sp.   Lace Bug    cydnidae   Amnestus sp.   Burrowing Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Pintalia delicata   Plantbug    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant       Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    perilampidae   Unknown sp.   Perilampid Wasp diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (larva & pupa)    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly       Trupanea sp.   Fruit Fly    muscidae   Musca domestica   House Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly (egg) odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Encoptolophus subgracilis   Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Orphulella speciosa   Pasture Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner's Shieldback mantodea   thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Habronattus coecatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    theridiidae   Euryopis sp.   Cobweb Spider    araneidae   Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes acleistus   Lynx Spider    corinnidae   Trachelus sp.   Spider