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RosinaBloom Waihi, New Zealand(Zone 1) Aug 26, 2012

ID's on these little creatures - anyone, please

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Aug 26, 2012

Gee you fnd some doozies!
1- ???
2 chafer type beetle??
3 ???
4 beetle ( is an extremely general id)
5 a leaf hopper and, a cicada??

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 26, 2012

No.1 is a Geoplanid flatworm.

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Aug 26, 2012

#4 is a weevil although i don't know which one.
#3 is, i think, some kind of leafhopper.
#5 is a leafhopper also, maybe the adult of #3.
#2 is a chafer (maybe rose chafer) as sally said.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 26, 2012

Is that a Cicada in pic #5 on the right? Or is that too small for one?

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Aug 26, 2012

kwanjin, I see that cicada face too, but you're right, that would have to be one HUGE leafhopper with it....

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 27, 2012

The little beetle in the second image appears to be a leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae); it most definitely is not a chafer.
The weevil is in the subfamily Entiminae � see http://www.odt.co.nz/news/farming/139321/irish-wasp-control-weevil for an example.
The third one appears to be a nymph of the insect to the right in the last image; it�s in the fulgorid family Ricaniidae and is known as a �fluffy bum� - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolypopa_australis (The white insect is in a different family, perhaps Flatidae http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/nz/species/aunicol.htm.)