It was warm and sunny as five volunteers completed this week's survey. Several species of true bugs (hemiptera) feed on Prickly Pear Cactus; their sucking mouthparts create small round unsightly discolorations on the plants. One such insect is the tiny mirid shown below, currently found in large numbers within the Gardens. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Danaus plexippus (monarch) photo by Val Bugh Danaus gilippus (queen) photo by Val Bugh Eulithis diversilineata (lesser grapevine looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Eucosma salaciana (leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Homoeosoma electella (sunflower moth) photo by Val Bugh Lochmaeus bilineata (double-lined prominent larva) photo by Val Bugh Villa lateralis (bee fly) photo by Barbara Ribble Stictomyia longicornis (picture-winged fly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (braconid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (mason wasp with caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Stenelytrana gigas (longhorn beetle) photo by Val Bugh Pnirontis infirma (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Ormenis sp. (flatid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Prosapia bicincta (two-lined spittlebug) photo by Val Bugh Eustala sp. (orbweaver) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Euglandina singleyana (striate wolf snail) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Harriett Wolf Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Misc.: Striate Wolf Snail (Euglandina singleyana) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Polydesmid Millipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Asterocampa clyton   Tawny Emperor       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (pupa)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Phyciodes vesta   Vesta Crescent       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail (pupa)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail (pupa)       Papilio multicaudata   Two-tailed Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus sp.   Checkered-skipper       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Euphyes vestris   Dun Skipper    noctuidae   Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    arctiidae   Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent (larva)    saturniidae   Hyalophora cecropia   Cecropia Moth (larva)    geometridae   Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Eulithis diversilineata   Lesser Grapevine Borer Moth       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Prochoerodes lineola   Large Maple Spanworm Moth    crambidae   Loxostege allectalis   Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Mimoschinia rufofascialis   Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth    pyralidae   Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Eucosma salaciana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    zygaenidae   Acoloithus novaricus   False Skeletonizer (larva)    gelechiidae   Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth    xyloryctidae   Neoscythris fissirostris   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus griseus   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Phaedon sp.   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Hyperaspis trifurcata   Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Batyle suturalis   Longhorn Beetle       Strangalia virilis   Flower Longhorn       Stenelytrana gigas   Longhorn Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera mixta   Metallic Woodborer       Acmaeodera ornatoides   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Carabus sp.   Ground Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus clypealis   Leaf-footed Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug    reduviidae   Pnirontis infirma   Assassin Bug       Empicoris sp.   Assassin Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela (adult & nymph)       Thyanta custator   Stink Bug (nymph)       Menecles insertus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Trypanalebra maculata   Leafhopper       Ceratagallia sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Prosapia bicincta   Two-lined Spittlebug    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee    formicidae   Pheidole sp.   Big-headed Ant (alate)       Camponotus sayi   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant (alate)    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Unknown sp.   Mason Wasp       Euodynerus pratensis   Mason Wasp    crabronidae   Bicyrtes sp.   Sand Wasp    sphecidae   Chalybion sp.   Blue Mud Dauber       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-black Mud Dauber    chrysididae   Unknown sp.   Cuckoo Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    ulidiidae   Stictomyia longicornis   Picture-winged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia sp.   Robber Fly    syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Villa lateralis   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hermetia chrysopila   Soldier Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly    tipulidae   Nephrotoma sp.   Tiger Crane Fly    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia plana   Springwater Dancer    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (nymph)       Paraidemona sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Dichromorpha viridis   Short-winged Green Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly    chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Hydropsyche sp.   Netspinning Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper    araneidae   Neoscona arabesca   Arabesque Orbweaver       Eustala sp.   Orbweaver       Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider