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Miami-Dade County, FL
Sign In to followYou actually found the biggest ( I believe ) anole we have here in south Florida.
This is one of Cotinis sp. which are a genus of Flower Chafers. Maybe a Green June Beetle (C. nitida), or C. mutabilis both found in TX, not sure which one.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/334/bgpage...
I'm not an expert or anything. But I've seen many West Indian Bulimulus ( they are very common here is south FL all over the walls.) I don't think the shape of yours quite matches. They tend to be more pointy and elongated than the one in your pic. So I'm not sure, that's why I didn't give you a formal suggestion.
This is a Succinea sp. like the ones at the top of this page: http://www.jaxshells.org/728aaa1.htm
I'm not sure exactly which one, though I think the Saltmarsh one is out.
That looks like a Meadow Katydid, but I don't know the specific kind. Here's a bunch of them to look through
http://bugguide.net/node/view/460781
I think that's what it is. I don't think we have an all red leaf bettle like that with a black "head". I just saw a bunch of them this past weekend for the first time. As you can read in bugguide they were recently (2012) introduced in FL to control Air Potato.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/851...
It's a butterfly. One of the Crescents. I don't know if I can tell which from the photo. But looking up your state on bugguide I'm just getting the Pearl Crescent. I don't know if other crescents are in that area though.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/221
Believe it or not, this is the baby of your "Ladybugs" from the other picture. Ladybugs like many other beetles are larvae when they are young. (like a caterpillar for a butterfly) Then they change in to their adult form.
These two "ladybugs" look a little different, but are of the same species. They come in many color forms and patterns, with and without spots, as the name "Multicolor" suggests. They seem to be eating aphids (the tiny black and yellowish bugs that are on the leaf).