Three volunteers participated this week; the weather was cool and cloudy, with occasional rain. Usually remaining hidden when it is dry due to the danger of dehydration, slugs were quite conspicuous this time. The image below shows the open pneumostome (breathing pore) located on the right hand side of the mantle. When conditions are drier, the hole remains closed more of the time. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Limax flavus (slug) photo by Val Bugh Latrodectus sp. (black widow) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (dance fly) photo by Val Bugh Campylacantha olivacea (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Aidemona azteca (Aztec spurthroat nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chrysoperla sp. (green lacewing larva on sharpshooter) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes fraternus (potter wasp) photo by Val Bugh Polistes carolina (red wasp with twisted-wing parasites) photo by Val Bugh Scaptolenus sp. (rain click beetle) photo by Val Bugh Lysathia ludoviciana (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Anomoea rufifrons (leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Adaina ambrosiae (ambrosia plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Sinoe chambersi (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue larva) photo by Val Bugh Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange larva) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen larva) photo by Val Bugh Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary larva ready to pupate) photo by Val Bugh Schinia chrysellus (broomweed flower moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Stiria intermixta (moth larva) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh tracks White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), fresh tracks Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Banded Slug (Lehmannia valentiana) Slug (Limax flavus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Danaus gilippus   Queen (larva)       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Euxoa serotina   Moth       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Chrysodeixis includens   Soybean Looper Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth (larva)       Tripudia balteata   Moth       Stiria intermixta   Moth (larva)    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar (larva)    geometridae   Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Honora mellinella   Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth    gelechiidae   Sinoe chambersi   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Anomoea rufifrons   Leaf Beetle       Lysathia ludoviciana   Flea Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Cotinis nitida   Green June Beetle    carabidae   Agonum punctiforme   Ground Beetle    elateridae   Scaptolenus sp.   Rain Click Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Mozena obtusa   Mesquite Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Liorhyssus hyalinus   Hyaline Grass Bug    miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper       Texananus areolatus   Leafhopper    membracidae   Micrutalis sp.   Treehopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    empididae   Unknown sp.   Dance Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Aidemona azteca   Aztec Spurthroat (nymph)       Campylacantha olivacea   Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Dichromorpha viridis   Short-winged Green Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing (adult & larva) strepsiptera   stylopidae   Unknown sp.   Twisted-wing Parasite araneae   salticidae   Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    theridiidae   Latrodectus sp.   Black Widow    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider