The morning was warm with intermittent drizzle as seven volunteers participated in this week's survey. Although jumping spiders do not make webs to catch prey, they do use their silk for other things. The Bold Jumper shown below is outside the entrance to her retreat, which is sort of a combination tent and sleeping bag. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Lactista aztecus (Aztec bandwing) photo by Val Bugh Dichopetala catinata (spoon-tailed short-winged katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus sp. (carpenter ant, male) photo by Val Bugh Boreothrinax maculipennis (pyrgotid fly) photo by Val Bugh Lepyronia quadrangularis (spittlebug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Sparedrus aspersus (false blister beetle) photo by Val Bugh Calleida viridipennis (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper & retreat) photo by Val Bugh Regulus calendula (ruby-crowned kinglet) photo by Barbara Ribble Picoides scalaris (ladder-backed woodpecker) photo by Barbara Ribble Junonia coenia (common buckeye pupa) photo by Val Bugh Lerema accius (clouded skipper pupa) photo by Val Bugh Maliattha concinnimacula (red-spotted lithocodia) photo by Val Bugh Tripudia luxuriosa (moth) photo by Val Bugh Etiella zinckenella (gold-banded etiella) photo by Val Bugh Povolnya quercinigrella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Telphusa longifasciella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Harrisina coracina (grapeleaf skeletonizer moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Deidamia inscripta (lettered sphinx) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandiera) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye (larva & pupa)    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper (pupa)    noctuidae   Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow (larva)       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Copivaleria grotei   Grote's Sallow       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Orthodes furtiva   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Maliattha concinnimacula   Red-spotted Lithocodia       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tripudia luxuriosa   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Hadena capsularis   Moth       Anicla infecta   Green Cutworm Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth    erebidae   Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent    sphingidae   Deidamia inscripta   Lettered Sphinx    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Scopula compensata   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Etiella zinckenella   Gold-banded Etiella    tortricidae   Pseudexentera spoliana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Platynota sp.   Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Telphusa longifasciella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Brachyacma palpigera   Soybean Webworm Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth       Anacampsis conclusella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera democratica   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    pterophoridae   Unknown sp.   Plume Moth    zygaenidae   Harrisina coracina   Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth    gracillariidae   Acrocercops quinquistrigella   Moth       Povolnya quercinigrella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   scarabaeidae   Phyllophaga rubiginosa   June Beetle       Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Unknown sp.   Scarab (larva)    carabidae   Calleida viridipennis   Ground Beetle    cantharidae   Ditemnus perforatus   Soldier Beetle    oedemeridae   Sparedrus aspersus   False Blister Beetle    bostrichidae   Melalgus plicatus   Powder-post Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug    miridae   Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    rhyparochromidae   Myodocha serripes   Long-necked Seed Bug       Cnemodus mavortius   Seed Bug (nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    thyreocoridae   Galgupha sp.   Ebony Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Texananus excultus   Leafhopper       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Ponana sp.   Leafhopper       Sobara palliolata   Leafhopper       Osbornellus scalaris   Leafhopper    delphacidae   Javesella pellucida   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    cynipidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    formicidae   Crematogaster laeviuscula   Acrobat Ant       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant (queen)       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant (male) diptera   pyrgotidae   Boreothrinax maculipennis   Pyrgotid Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph) blattodea   polyphagidae   Arenivaga sp.   Sand Roach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider    araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver       Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver