It was hot and mostly sunny as seven volunteers completed this week's survey. Grasshoppers' survival is often heavily reliant on camouflage. The Aztec bandwing shown below was seen on the asphalt drive in the parking lot where its gray and black markings blend in perfectly. Individuals of the same species found on the granite walkways in the Gardens are usually tinged with tan and pink! Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak, larva) photo by Val Bugh Oxidus gracilis (greenhouse millipede) photo by Val Bugh Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider eating webspinner) photo by Val Bugh Naphrys acerba (jumping spider eating moth) photo by Val Bugh Sarinda hentzi (antmimic jumper) photo by Val Bugh Neoscona oaxacensis (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochroa ligata (conchuela nymph) photo by Val Bugh Largus sp. (largus bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (damselfly molting) photo by Val Bugh Euaresta sp. & Xanthaciura sp. (fruit flies) photo by Val Bugh Lactista aztecus (Aztec bandwing camouflaged on asphalt) photo by Val Bugh Melanoplus plebejus (plebeian grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Paratettix mexicanus (pygmy grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis nymph) photo by Val Bugh Acmaeodera mixta (metallic woodborer) photo by Dan Zinn Glyptotus cribratus (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (cocklebur weevil) photo by Val Bugh Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Fish: Long-eared Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) Misc.: Polydesmid Millipede (Asiomorpha coarctata) Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak (larva)    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (larva)       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth       Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Galasa nigrinodis   Boxwood Leaftier Moth    psychidae   Unknown sp.   Bagworm (pupa)    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Polyhymno luteostrigella   Moth       Calliprora sexstrigella   Moth    xyloryctidae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)       Zagloba sp.   Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Altica sp.   Flea Beetle       Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle (larva)    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Glyptotus cribratus   Darkling Beetle    curculionidae   Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus   Cocklebur Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Leptoglossus sp.   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    pachygronthidae   Phlegyas annulicrus   Seed Bug    lygaeidae   Craspeduchus uhleri   Seed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus obscurus   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (adult & nymph)       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    crabronidae   Sphecius speciosus   Cicada Killer    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    mutillidae   Myrmilloides gradiceps   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    asilidae   Promachus hinei   Robber Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    tephritidae   Euaresta sp.   Fruit Fly       Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Unknown sp.   Damselfly    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Encoptolophus sp.   Bandwing Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria       Syrbula sp.   Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Paracyrtophyllus robustus   Truncated True Katydid    gryllidae   Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) blattodea   blattelidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Naphrys acerba   Jumping Spider       Hentzia palmarum   Long-jawed Jumper       Sarinda hentzi   Antmimic Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Neoscona oaxacensis   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx