Insect numbers have increased lately.

I’m not sure what a short-horned grasshopper found interesting on the sedum.

If you look close on the right of the two front petals, you’ll find a small plant hopper.

Apparently something tried to capture this pearl crescent butterfly.

A slug slowly made its way around to the back side of the leaf.

The dragonfly sure didn’t pick an attractive perch.

The crab spider looked like part of the leaf from a distance.

I couldn’t see through the silk to see if there was either an egg mass or larvae on the white dogwood leaf.

The spider that spun the nest is to the left partly under the long strands of silk.

A hanging insect — in this case a skipper — can mean either a crap spider or ambush bug. From what little that shows, it has to be an ambush bug.

A moth waiting patiently for the night.