Bug of the Day

A very handsome Handsome Trig (Phyllopalpus pulchellus).

These guys are quite zippy, not sure how I got this one to stay still long enough to be in focus :-).

Found this young red-headed bush cricket (Phyllopalpus pulchellus) hiding out on one of my bucket traps. She's quite fetching with those exaggerated palps, no?

bug of the day on Flickr.

I was checking for monarch caterpillars on the underside of my milkweed leaves and found this Red-headed Bush Cricket (Phyllopalpus pulchellus) instead. Alas, still no monarchs...