Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: maybe one of you knows what this is right off, 0 by originaljazzgirl

originaljazzgirl wrote:
I know more about gardening than entymology, I saw this insect today on my japanese privet. It\'s about 1/3 of an inch long, and was climbing around on the leaves. I\'m just generally curious, but also my privet has had yellow speckles all over some of its leaves for some time and I haven\'t been able to identify the cause. So I was wondering if this little guy might be part of the problem. Your help would be appreciated!