>Try this site for a picture of every bug known to mankind: Not hardly, there are over 4,ooo species of aphids, over 1,000 species of flea beetles, There are over 400 species of lady bugs. There are over 100,000 species of insects on this planet, only 20,000 have names Here's a partial list of moths http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/thumb/thumb.htm

Yep, cicadas. That's the skin that is left behind after it crawls out of the ground and molts, after spending 13 to 17 years there! The adults don't even have mouths. The male will sing to attract a mate, then the females will cut slits in small tree/bush twigs and lay their eggs. After the eggs hatch, the little larvae burrow down into the ground and suck on tree roots for another 17 years. Eric

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.

I had a Barnes and Noble 15% off on top of my member discount. Last night, I went and got a book I've seen before and wanted. It's called, "Garden Insects of North America" by Whitney Cranshaw. In it, I found the answer to our questions. I found out that grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids are in the order called, "Orthoptera". Cranshaw says that katydids are usually large grasshoppers with long antennae and thin jumping hind legs. There are different kinds. Here's a quote from the book, "Both the nymhs and adults chew leaves, rarely causing noticeable injuries." I'm still keeping an eye out, because today, a whole section of a flower was gone from the flower the katydid was in. Maybe that wasn't the culprit, though. Happy gardening and nature watching, Sue