Another mantid hiding in plain sight as always..by the fallen leaves:

I don't have ID's on these, so will just post them.
A bee...I think.

And this insect seems fond of my Brasil Tree...but then again, many insects come to it.

Mantid this morning:



Moth on stucco:



Harlequin ladybugs once more:
On the bougainvillea:


On the cycad leaves:

tarev, the moth looks like one of the Sphinx moths.

Wasp

Mantid on the cycad








Head up close:

Good grooming mantid style:

Sedum Matrona blooming. Full of Little Skipper Butterflies, bumblebees and honeybees. Look carefully and you will see them all.

There's WAY too many Preying Mantises for my taste! And nice pic, Rita! What a plant to lure all those!
I've got my big huge wasps back recently! Campsomeris ephippium (no common name).

And another interesting insect! I'm not totally sure which robber fly it is, but it's similar to the one shown in url below. The prey is a paper wasp.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/...
Milkweed Bug:

Some kind of beetle on a rock.

Mantis on last of the Rudbeckias
closer>

Ladybugs

I like Ladybugs.

A small grasshopper, kind of cute.

It is kinda cute, haven't seen that kind before.

Couple of flies well-defined by a sunflower bloom

unknown green bug on New Eng Aster -

Grasshopper up on the china doll tree:


continues on sunbathing:


had enough of the sun, now hiding under the leaves:

Mantis

Fly

Wasp

Rhinoceros Beetle, I believe, big ol' thing!!!

My first praying mantid sighting for 2014....