Even more interesting up close?

 This week might be a small bug's last hurrah of the season, seeing as the how the weather is going to turn cold soon. So, take a few minutes along the Susquehanna River north of Wrightsville, spend some time looking closely at the weeds along River Road. Are these tiny insects are even prettier and more fascinating up close? The fact that these little things look furry...

Katydid what?

Not certain, but I think this is a katydid atop one of a day lily.

It sat there as we used a side flash for light, but finally got bored and probably was blinded from the flash, and flew off, maybe to find its brothers and sister. It's part of a huge family. 

From the Encyclopedia Brittanica website-- "Katydids are more closely related to crickets than grasshoppers, as katydids and crickets belong to the same suborder (Ensifera). The Tettigoniidae family consists of about 6,000 species divided into 1,070 genera and 19 subfamilies."

Hang on

There are days, aren't there, that the best we can do is just grab someone or something and hang on. The bee at left was a bit heavy with saddlebags after buzzing through Flinchbaugh's Orchards in Hellam Township, and apparently just needed a respite from the day's work-- or at least, that's what it looks like.