Bonnie, Go ahead and be cruel. There should be a bounty on those things. They have invaded my gardens this year and I'm just peeved to the point of no return. Oh, and this is the cool, damp, Atlantic coast here. I thought the buggers only invaded farmlands in the dry hot sun in the west. So much for that thought... Lots of birds around so I hope they see the grasshoppers and lick their chops with a few. Loving the Hummingbird Moths and Hummingbords too. Very few Lily beetles. Bees are starting to get abundant. Evening moths are plentiful. Tiger Swallowtails have been spotted. A wasp ran after me yesterday. Oh, and the toad and the snake. They were found under my potting shelf outside so I put them in the hosta gardens to take care of the army of slugs. If I think of anything else I'll let you know. :O) Oh, just thought of the ants. Too numerous to mention. Armies of them. Quadrillions.

That's a cranefly adult.....harmless. As far as the ladybugs go......they're predatory carnivores! They're gonna eat whatever looks good and can't get away. I don't know if the lacewing eggs are fully protected on their slender stalks; I kind of think that they'll be okay.

Cam, that's funny! Not growing okra this year so I can't check and see if mine has those crystal ball 'eggs' on it :-) I love okra, but ate so much last year that it was almost coming out my pores so decided I let my taste for it regenerate before planting again.

That is a flatfooted leaf bug. Here is a good link http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74168.html