Verbascum thapsus is the botanical name if you wish to look it up. It is not native to North America. The first year plants are very interesting looking. Mullein is a biennial and flower/self sow in the second year. If you do not want additional ones of these plants, you will need to remove it before it sets seed. It produces COPIOUS amounts of seeds that remain viable for decades. It is rather easy to ID and pull out any young plants. It's a weed to many and a medicinal herb to others. FataMorgana

Here you go: Here is a link that might be useful: Solanum quitoense

It couldn't be a oenothera biennis seedling, could it?

For the top image of the buprestid beetle, I prefer Acmaeodera ornata, note that it has been observed in the Carolinas whereas the more finely-spotted A. ornatoides has only been observed in Texas.