This summer I managed to snap pics of a few cool and colorful critters spotted around our yard and house. And thanks to my phone’s aforementioned Visual Look Up, I actually know what they are.
Here’s an ailanthus webworm moth:
![](https://i0.wp.com/chadcomello.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_3693.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&ssl=1)
And a two-striped grasshopper:
![](https://i0.wp.com/chadcomello.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_3477.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&ssl=1)
And a grapevine beetle:
![](https://i0.wp.com/chadcomello.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_3162.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&ssl=1)
And some kind of mantis (species unknown):
![](https://i0.wp.com/chadcomello.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_3148.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&ssl=1)
And a southern sickle bush-cricket or katydid:
![](https://i0.wp.com/chadcomello.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_3719.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&ssl=1)
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