Thank you. Pycnanthemum virginianum seems to be a good match for the first plant. I'll go back this weekend to see if the second one is blooming. That might make it easier to identify.

Likely one of the band-winged grasshoppers. https://bugguide.net/node/view/141120/tree Perhaps one of these: https://bugguide.net/node/view/9546/tree (includes Marbled Grasshopper) Much depends on the open-in-flight wing colors: Clear, black, yellow, red.

From the article I linked to above: Pholiota spp. are separated from Armillaria by its yellowish to greenish-yellow tone and a dark brown to grey-brown spore print

well i took a closer look at the plant out the window.. meaning i put my nose on the window.. lol .. god forbid i walk out there ... lol ... it took me an hour to figure out what it is.. i was stuck on the plant that is a vine and a shrub .. whats that all about ... its the weedy honeysuckle shrub ... thank you mister bird .. or your feathery woman ... i mention these MI things because parker lives within 5 miles of me.. as the crow flies. .and he actually walks around and looks at plants.. so if i see it blooming ... he might look for it ... i also noted dames rocket is blooming at the edges of tree lines ... now go get some pix parker .. ken