Seven volunteers participated in this week's survey. The weather was hot and sunny. Long before humans discovered how to make paper, wasps were doing it. The yellowjacket shown below is scraping wood fibers from one of the benches in the Gardens. It will use that raw material to construct the nest cells in which the young wasps develop. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Chioides albofasciatus (white-striped longtail) photo by Val Bugh Manduca rustica (rustic sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Erinnyis obscura (obscure sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Pelochrista metariana (leafroller moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Eucosma matutina (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Spragueia obatra (moth) photo by Val Bugh Euchromius ocelleus (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Hymenia perspectalis (spotted beet webworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Conchylodes ovulalis (zebra conchylodes) photo by Dan Zinn Holochroa dissociarius (moth) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii (assassin bug eating beetle) photo by Val Bugh Euschistus quadrator (stink bug) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia laticosta (planthopper: adult & nymph) photo by Val Bugh Menosoma cincta (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (mealybugs) photo by Val Bugh Scymnus sp. (lady beetle larva eating aphid) photo by Val Bugh Coleomethia xanthocollis (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis eating honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjacket scraping wood) photo by Val Bugh Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) photo by Harriett Wolf Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Tripudia flavofasciata   Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Spragueia guttata   Moth       Ogdoconta cinereola   Common Pinkband       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia nundina   Goldenrod Flower Moth       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Isogona tenuis   Thin-lined Owlet       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Cecharismena jalapena   Moth       Phytometra orgiae   Moth    sphingidae   Manduca rustica   Rustic Sphinx       Erinnyis obscura   Obscure Sphinx    geometridae   Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Conchylodes ovulalis   Zebra Conchylodes       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Eucosma salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Eucosma matutina   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista metariana   Leafroller Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga       Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    gelechiidae   Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth       Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth       Coleotechnites florae   Coleotechnites Flower Moth    heliodinidae   Aetole bella   Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth       Amydria margoriella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Mimosestes amicus   Seed Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle       Scymnus sp.   Lady Beetle (larva)    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    cerambycidae   Stenaspis verticalis   Longhorn Beetle       Coleomethia xanthocollis   Longhorn Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bowlegged Bug (adult & nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug (adult & nymph)    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Apiomerus spissipes   Bee Assassin    pentatomidae   Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper    dictyopharidae   Phylloscelis atra   Black Leaf-leg    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper (adult & nymph)    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aphididae   Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid       Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Microphthalma sp.   Tachinid Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Plexippus paykulli   Pantropical Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider       Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black-and-yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver       Mangora gibberosa   Orbweaver       Gasteracantha cancriformis   Spiny-backed Orbweaver       Araneus pegnia   Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver