There were five participants this week; the weather was warm and mostly cloudy, with a bit of light rain. Most katydids feed on leaves and their green wings blend in with their preferred habitat. The wingless shieldback shown below hunts insects on the ground, where its brown color is much more appropriate. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Tetraopes thermophilus (milkweed longhorn) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevils mating) photo by Val Bugh Anax junius (common green darner) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa cardui (painted lady on coyote scat) photo by Val Bugh Euacidalia brownsvillea (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia alencis (flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia siren (alluring flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (gall-like scale) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia parva (planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Thyanta custator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Neotephritis finalis (fruit flies mating) photo by Val Bugh Eremochrysa punctinervis (green lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Oligonicella scudderi (Scudder's mantis, male) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis, female) photo by Val Bugh Pediodectes bruneri (Bruner shieldback) photo by Val Bugh Pepsis sp. (tarantula hawk dragging paralyzed tarantula) photo by Harriett Wolf Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona oaxacensis (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa dubia (crab spider eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus cardinalis (cardinal jumper) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Reptiles & Amphibians: Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpoles Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (adult & larva)       Danaus plexippus   Monarch (adult, pupa & larva)       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Asterocampa sp.   Emperor    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Schinia alencis   Flower Moth       Schinia thoreaui   Thoreau's Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth (adult & larva)       Schinia siren   Alluring Flower Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Lycomorpha pholus   Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Eupackardia calleta   Calleta Silkmoth    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Euacidalia brownsvillea   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Cochylis caulocatax   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    coleophoridae   Coleophora sp.   Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    cerambycidae   Tetraopes thermophilus   Milkweed Longhorn    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    anthicidae   Notoxus monodon   Antlike Flower Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Gerstaeckeria sp.   Cactus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph) homoptera   acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    kermesidae   Unknown sp.   Gall-like Scale    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Tarantula Hawk    scoliidae   Scolia dubia   Scoliid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   culicidae   Ochlerotatus trivittatus   Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Poecilognathus sp.   Bee Fly    tephritidae   Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Dichromorpha viridis   Short-winged Green Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis neuroptera   chrysopidae   Eremochrysa punctinervis   Green Lacewing       Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (egg) araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa dubia   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula