The weather was very warm and heavily overcast as nine volunteers conducted this week's survey. The large and familiar female Black and Yellow Garden Spiders are still months away from reaching maturity. At this time, they are tiny and gray, living in small webs close to the ground, as shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Strangalia virilis (flower longhorn) photo by Dan Zinn Hemierana marginata (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Smicronyx lineolatus (weevil) photo by Val Bugh Omophoita cyanipennis (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer, teneral male) photo by Val Bugh Telebasis salva (desert firetail, mature male) photo by Val Bugh Acanalonia parva, A. laticosta & A. conica (planthoppers) photo by Val Bugh Metcalfa pruinosa (citrus planthopper nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Acrolophus cressoni (tubeworm moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Acrolophus griseus (tubeworm moth) photo by Val Bugh Pseudosermyle strigata (walking stick nymph) photo by Val Bugh Atacta brasiliensis (tachinid fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Dan Zinn Protandrena sp. (bees mating) photo by Val Bugh Ectemnius sp. (digger wasps mating) photo by Val Bugh Euglandina singleyana (striate wolf snail) photo by Val Bugh Lepomis cyanellus (green sunfish) photo by Val Bugh Maevia poultoni (male & female jumping spiders) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus audax (bold jumper, mature male) photo by Val Bugh Argiope aurantia (black and yellow garden spider, immature female) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Flycatcher (Myiarchus sp.) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Amphibians & Fish: Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Chigger (Unknown sp.) Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (adult & larva)    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Bagisara sp.   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth    arctiidae   Cisseps fulvicollis   Yellow-collared Scape Moth    saturniidae   Automeris io   Io Moth (larva)    geometridae   Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper (larva)       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    blastobasidae   Pigritia sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus cressoni   Tubeworm Moth       Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Omophoita cyanipennis   Flea Beetle       Disonycha fumata   Flea Beetle       Kuschelina petaurista   Flea Beetle    carabidae   Cyclotrachelus constrictus   Ground Beetle    cleridae   Lecontella brunnea   Checkered Beetle    cerambycidae   Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Hemierana marginata   Longhorn Beetle       Moneilema armatum   Cactus Longhorn    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    lampyridae   Photinus sp.   Firefly    anthribidae   Trigonorhinus limbatus   Fungus Weevil    curculionidae   Anthonomus fulvus   Weevil       Smicronyx lineolatus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)    alydidae   Alydus pilosulus   Broad-headed Bug (adult & nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug       Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    nabidae   Nabis capsiformis   Damsel Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus cervicalis   Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus   Assassin Bug (nymph)       Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug (adult & nymph)    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug       Homaemus proteus   Shield Bug    pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (adult & nymph)       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (nymph)       Euschistus servus   Brown Stink Bug       Euschistus quadrator   Stink Bug       Euschistus sp.   Stink Bug (nymph)       Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph)       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug       Proxys punctulatus   Black Stink Bug       Trichopepla semivittata   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper (adult & nymph)       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Scaphoideus sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper       Oncometopia clarior   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug       Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera sp.   Spittlebug    membracidae   Ceresa sp.   Treehopper       Entylia carinata   Treehopper    flatidae   Metcalfa pruinosa   Citrus Planthopper (nymph)    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia conica   Planthopper (adult & nymph)       Acanalonia parva   Planthopper       Acanalonia laticosta   Planthopper    derbidae   Cedusa sp.   Planthopper    issidae   Dictyonissus griphus   Planthopper (adult & nymph)       Thionia acuta   Planthopper    cixiidae   Oecleus sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    andrenidae   Protandrena sp.   Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes dorsalis   Paper Wasp    crabronidae   Ectemnius sp.   Digger Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Unknown sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Crematogaster sp.   Acrobat Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Dioprosopa clavata   Flower Fly (pupa & larva)       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    stratiomyidae   Nemotelus sp.   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Ormia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Atacta brasiliensis   Tachinid Fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Satellite Fly    asilidae   Atomosia melanopogon   Robber Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    bibionidae   Plecia nearctica   Lovebug    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Libellula luctuosa   Widow Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)       Hesperotettix speciosus   Showy Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Mermiria bivittata   Two-striped Mermiria (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus fasciatus   Slender Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Dichopetala catinata   Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid    gryllidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Cricket (nymph)       Oecanthus varicornis   Tree Cricket (nymph) blattodea   ectobiidae   Pseudomops septentrionalis   Pale-bordered Field Cockroach       Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach       Ischnoptera bilunata   Cockroach phasmatodea   diapheromeridae   Pseudosermyle strigata   Walking Stick (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia sp.   Earwig       Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (larva)    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    gnaphosidae   Herpyllus ecclesiasticus   Parson Spider    salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Colonus puerperus   Jumping Spider       Maevia poultoni   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx