Six volunteers completed this week's survey under very warm and mostly sunny conditions. The Honey Bee, an imported European species, is our most commonly seen bee. When their nests are found in the wild, such as in the tree shown below, it is a good idea to maintain a healthy distance; many of the bees in this area have interbred with Africanized bees and tend to be more aggressive in their protective behaviors. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Linda Chayra Hogna sp. (wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona oaxacensis (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider) photo by Val Bugh Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bugs mating) photo by Val Bugh Pissonotus sp. (delphacid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Eucosma consobrinana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Pseudogalleria inimicella (inimical borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Galasa nigrinodis (boxwood leaftier moth) photo by Val Bugh Melitara junctolineella (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Lobocleta peralbata (white wave) photo by Val Bugh Schizura errucata (prominent) photo by Val Bugh Ogdoconta tacna (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia bina (flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Stiria intermixta (moth) photo by Val Bugh Ophion sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Apis mellifera (honey bees at nest entrance) photo by Val Bugh Villa lateralis (bee fly) photo by Linda Chayra Ochlerotatus trivittatus (mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Crovus brachyrhynchos) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps valliceps) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), adult & tadpoles Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & egg)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    riodinidae   Calephelis sp.   Metalmark    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak    hesperiidae   Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Chiodes albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing (larva)    noctuidae   Ponometia fasciatella   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Stiria intermixta   Moth       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Spodoptera frugiperda   Fall Armyworm Moth       Plagiomimicus manti   Moth       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth       Schinia bina   Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Brooomweed Flower Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth       Hypercompe scribonia   Great Leopard Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Eumorpha vitis   Vine Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Pyrausta pseudonythesalis   Pyrausta Moth       Glaphyria fulminalis   Black-patched Glaphyria       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Melitara junctolineella   Cactus Borer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eucosma sp.   Leafroller Moth       Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Platphalonidia felix   Leafroller Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Pseudogalleria inimicella   Inimical borer Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)       Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird    cerambycidae   Ataxia crypta   Longhorn Beetle       Oncideres cingulata   Twig Girdler    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Phyllophaga sp.   June Beetle       Cyclocephala sp.   Masked Chafer    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Chalcodermus collaris   Partridge-pea Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)       Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)    scutelleridae   Diolcus chrysorrhoeus   Shield Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Acinopterus angulatus   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Ponana sp.   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug    anacanloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    delphacidae   Pissonotus sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Euodynerus crypticus   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Tachysphex sp.   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    Ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly       Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    bombyliidae   Villa lateralis   Bee Fly       Anthrax seriepunctatus   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito       Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (adult & nymph)    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walkingstick blattodea   polyphagidae   Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg)       Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Hogna sp.   Wolf Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider       Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Habronattus coecatus   Jumping Spider