They look the the nymphs of the two spotted stink bug, an early instar. You've caught them doing what they do best...predate on other arthropods. They like beetle larvae and pupae, which means the ladybugs better watch out.

I heard back from one of the guys in charge of the redtail hawk study in Chicago, and he said they were using green tags this year. I don't know.....maybe it was a green that looked sort of blue. I would need the number on the tag to learn much more about it. I'm seeing a hawk flying overhead now........so hopefully I'll run into this hawk again and be able to see his number. I also found a site online that brings up the discussion as to whether tagging birds affects their lives too much. I think it would need to be a really, really important study to potentially disadvantage a bird like that.

Kathleen check your camera software for a basic editing tool that will resize your photos down to something like 800 x 600 pixels. I'll get back to you if you can't find it but you can also try using the free program Irfanview to reduce pics. I'll post instructions for using Irfanview if you need it. Here's a download link below. SharonCb Here is a link that might be useful: Irfanview - free photo editing program

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