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Yesterday's efforts, the only one I can partially ID is the Katydid Nymph
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PMcMillan
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Very nice images! The body plan of the nymph reminds me more of an assassin bug than a katydid. Several years ago my wife planted a milkweed in our small garden which had steadfastly refused to produce tomatoes. We now have a 300 sq ft milkweed patch which is a biological wonderland. I have spent the last three summers photographing the invertebrates which inhabit it and it is still a rare day when I don't see at least one new species. I urge everyone to find a small patch of wildness and immerse yourself in it. You will not regret it.
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Wow, thank you. Went to Bugguide.net and looked under assassin bugs and it is close to Zelus renardii. I know birds, but know zip about bugs. It was tiny, about 1/2 inch, maybe 3/4. I couldn't tell zip about it until I put it on the computer and was then shocked. What a cool critter! With birds in rather short supply right now, I purchased a new macro lens and am enjoying photographing bugs, the main problem being I have no idea what I'm looking at.
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The body was about 2 to 2 1/2 inhes long, head just looked dark, so can't help there, not even sure what kind of plant it was on, a shrub of some kind. This is in AZ.
Dan291
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I thought the head looked dark, the head on the Azalea caterpillar is red like it’s feet, and the hairs are fairly long. Seems fairly specific to Azalea bushes. I’ve got a yard full of those bushes, but never seen any… only bees when they bloom.
There’s a Black Moth caterpillar with a dark head, the hairs are really long. See:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/704475/bgimage
(Not my photo)
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