Furry little fellow

I saw this guy out in the garden the other day and thought he was absolutely charming. Not being the caterpillar expert, I refrained from handling him and have been searching for his identity. Anyone know what flavor he is? :)

Yargh, bugs!

One fun thing about organic gardening is that bugs are everywhere! They're fascinating creatures, and it's fun to see the good ones, the bad ones, and most excellent to see the good ones eating the bad ones.

Here are what I assume to be some sort of nymph. My first guess is assassin bug nymph, but I was unable to do more than two weeks in my entomology class before my health caused me to drop. Your guess is probably better than mine! :)

Bug glamour shots

I love 'bugs' and, even though this isn't a true bug, I ended up taking about half a dozen glamour shots of this lovely who I know then crawled/hopped off to munch on my plants. There's a nice closeup of the body in my flickr that I may get printed for myself. I've got a purple wall that it would be fun against.