I don't see a lot of big white bugs that fly. Could it possibly have been pale yellow with black striping? In that case it might be a cicada killer wasp. They don't seem to mind flying around humans or flying low to the ground when humans are around, but they won't hurt you. Since you said you were mowing tonight, it could be some sort of moth that comes out at night? Maybe something like the white lined sphinx? There's so many thousands of insects around and I doubt any of us have seen more than a small percentage of the ones found in our areas. You might try the website bugguide.net. You can click on a line drawing at the left that most resembles the shape of what you saw, and see where that takes you. It might take you to a page that has what you saw somewhere on it. On the linked webpage, there are images of insects commonly found in OK. Maybe you'll see a photo of it there. Insect Identification--Insects of Oklahoma

Neither picture is clear enough to determine what they are. Pretty sure that the top one is a fly of some sort but really haven't much of a clue with any certainty. Any chance of some better images?

Garden Mama, I found your beetle in the family known as Leaf Beetles. It is Neolema sexpunctata - Six-spotted Neolema. https://bugguide.net/node/view/353402/bgimage https://bugguide.net/node/view/805687/bgimage https://bugguide.net/node/view/40278#food ^this page lists food sources for this beetle, mainly Spiderworts and Day Flowers, there is no mention of eating on garden vegetables (unless they are related to Spiderworts) ---------------------- To the other members attempting an identification: note the many matches required: orange body, orange and narrow thorax and head, six black spots in a certain pattern, dark medium-length antennae, black legs. Also the range for this beetle includes Arkansas. Little beetles are hard to identify, there are thousands.

Hello all: first, I did not kill it, I just found it and wondered what it was. It will be given a proper resting place in the plant bed. Thank you in advance for all input.