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Thanks for the ID and info! Added a photo of the other one I saw in the same area.
It seems to be one of the mantids in the Creobroter genus. I'm not sure which, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creobroter
Hole from a botfly larva, maybe?
Cool, thanks! Probably a green darner nymph, then. We have quite a few of the adults around right now, but they're so hard to photograph.
Thanks! Yeah, they're definitely mites. Apparently that's pretty common with water scorpions. I didn't even think of it.
A brown thrasher, possibly? Hard to tell with that much damage, but that would be my guess.
I think the biggest difference is where they're found. I couldn't find a good range map, but it seems that occidentalis is only seen in the west.