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coleup wrote:
Jojoe, Two clues to some of your bugs: float about like ashes. leave residue behind, hop. I've been plagued by such a bug for several years now and the closest I have come to id is flatid leaf or planthopper. Picture below is of the nympth stage which resembles your pictures 1, 2, and 4 being closer to adult form. Mine morph into pale luna moth green fliers.

This link tells about the flatids and also about the azalea lace wing which may be pics 3 and 5.
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/02PestNews/02News5/ornament....

Here is a useful link to Bug Guides online id
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

Good luck