Hot day, about 32 C (90 degrees F). I go to Borderland State Park so very very often, but I always seem to go on the Northwest Trail, or near the lake. Which means that I’ve neglected all the other parts, especially the pollinator patch. Which is weird since I am all about the bugs.
An attempt to fix that today.
Diptera
Laphria robberfly with prey
Syrphidae, Sphaerophoria
Hymenoptera
I think the ants are interacting with a spittlebug. This is not a symbiosis such as ants and shield bugs.
Lepidoptera
Paraponyx? Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Acentropinae » Nymphulini » Parapoynx
Odonata
Female whitetail, Plathemis, I think
Aurora Damsel, Chromagrion conditum
Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Aurora Damsels (Chromagrion) » Aurora Damsel (Chromagrion conditum)
Coleoptera
Lycidae, Caenia cf dimidiata
Lampyridae firefly, Pyractomena
Spiders
Dictyniidae with moth, Nopalytina
I am so so so sorry I didn’t get a better photo of this spectacular Sergiolus capulatus in Gnaphosidae
A walk is never complete without a Leucauge venusta, especially if you can see the combs on the hind legs
Anyphaenidae ghost spider, Hibana specifically
Linyphiidae –> Pityohyphantes what’s the white stuff? Possibly incipient fungus infection becoming visible.
Opiliones
Harvestman
Isopod
Philoscia muscorum
a little wild 
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