A team of five participated in this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. We've recently seen a lot of American Bumble Bees and the majority found in the Gardens are female workers. The first males of the year, which will mate with the future queens, have just appeared. Males (see below) are distinguished by their large size, all-yellow abdomen, and lack of pollen baskets. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Efferia sp. (robber fly, male) photo by Dan Zinn Hadrokolos texanus (robber fly eating ant alate) photo by Val Bugh Geron sp. (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Xenox tigrinus (tiger bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee, male) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus & Lasioglossum sp. (gray hairstreak & very tiny sweat bee) photo by Val Bugh Perithemis tenera (eastern amberwing, male) photo by Val Bugh Atalopedes campestris (sachem) photo by Val Bugh Nastra julia (Julia's skipper) photo by Val Bugh Manduca quinquemaculata (five-spotted hawk moth) photo by Dan Zinn Darapsa myron (Virginia creeper sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Melipotis cellaris (moth) photo by Val Bugh Sigela penumbrata (stippled sigela moth) photo by Val Bugh Microtheoris vibicalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Euchromius ocelleus (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Peoria tetradella (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Coleotechnites eryngiella (moth, 3.5 mm long) photo by Val Bugh Megalopyge opercularis (southern flannel moth) photo by Harriett Wolf Donacia sp. (aquatic leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Strigoderma arbicola (flower scarab) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles: Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult, larva & pupa)       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Battus philenors   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Nastra julia   Julia's Skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    sphingidae   Manduca quinquemaculata   Five-spotted Hawk Moth       Darapsa myron   Virginia Creeper Sphinx    geometridae   Pero meskaria   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Lobocleta ossularia   Drab Brown Wave    crambidae   Microtheoris vibicalis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth    tortricidae   Cochylis sp.   Moth    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth       Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Coleotechnites eryngiella   Moth    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Grapeleaf Skeletonizer coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Donacia sp.   Aquatic Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda munda   Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    scarabaeidae   Strigoderma arbicola   Flower Scarab    curculionidae   Gerstaeckeria sp.   Cactus Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (adult & nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada    cercopidae   Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee       Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Tachypompilus unicolor   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Unknown sp.   Ant (male alate) diptera   syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Xenox tigrinus   Tiger Bee Fly       Poecilanthrax lucifer   Bee Fly       Geron sp.   Bee Fly    asilidae   Hadrokolos texanus   Robber Fly       Efferia sp.   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail       Argia translata   Dusky Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Pantala hymenaea   Spot-winged Glider       Erythemis simplicicollis   Eastern Pondhawk       Perithemis tenera   Eastern Amberwing orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (nymph) embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    philodromidae   Tibellus sp.   Running Crab Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider