Four people braved the stormy weather for this week's survey. The rain ranged from thunderstorm to downpour to light sprinkle so we spent the whole time in the archway by the administrative offices. Velvet ants are actually wasps. The wingless females can give a painful sting, but the winged males (see below) do not possess stingers. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Melipotis cellaris (moth) photo by Val Bugh Schinia volupia (painted flower moth) photo by Val Bugh Ogdoconta tacna (moth) photo by Val Bugh Urola nivalis (snowy urola) photo by Val Bugh Dolichomia olinalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Epiblema desertana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Archips georgiana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cochylis sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Neoconocephalus triops (broad-tipped conehead, female) photo by Val Bugh Parcoblatta sp. (wood roach) photo by Val Bugh Dicromantispa sayi (mantisfly) photo by Val Bugh Deraeocoris sayi (plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Vulgichneumon brevicinctor (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Neivamyrmex sp. (legionary ant, male "sausage fly") photo by Val Bugh Sphaeropthalma auripilis (velvet ant, male) photo by Val Bugh Oecobius sp. (wall spider) photo by Val Bugh Rabidosa punctulata (dotted wolf spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Misc.: Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Ogdoconta tacna   Moth       Schinia volupia   Painted Flower Moth       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Abrostola microvalis   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Mocis marcida   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia californiaria   Moth       Episemasia cervinaria   Moth       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Pero meskaria   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Nematocampa resistaria   Horned Spanworm Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Desmia sp.   Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Arta epicoenalis   Arta Moth       Laetilia coccidivora   Moth       Dolichomia olinalis   Moth    tortricidae   Epiblema desertana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Archips argyrospila   Fruit Tree Leafroller Moth       Archips georgiana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista zomonana   Leafroller Moth       Endothenia hebesana   Verbena Bud Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth       Cochylis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis sp.   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle hemiptera   miridae   Phytocoris sp.   Plant Bug       Deraeocoris sayi   Plant Bug       Taedia sp.   Plant Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Ponana sp.   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter hymenoptera   mutillidae   Sphaeropthalma auripilis   Velvet Ant    formicidae   Neivamyrmex sp.   Legionary Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon       Vulgichneumon brevicinctor   Ichneumon diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly orthoptera   tettigoniidae   Neoconocephalus triops   Broad-tipped Conehead blattodea   blattellidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach neuroptera   mantispidae   Dicromantispa sayi   Mantisfly araneae   lycosidae   Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider