CLOSED: Can someone ID these 2 bugs?

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hczone6 Zone 6, OH(Zone 6a) Aug 29, 2007

First up, I guess a moth?

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hczone6 Zone 6, OH(Zone 6a) Aug 29, 2007

Next, a spider with excellent camo on this helianthus - wild sunflower. Creepy!

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 29, 2007

The first one is a butterfly, the Gray Hairstreak, Strymon melinus:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/45/

Great photo too!

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hczone6 Zone 6, OH(Zone 6a) Aug 29, 2007

Thanks :) Now for the spider...

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 30, 2007

Probably the white-banded crab spider, Misumenoides formosipes. There are three genera that have yellow crab spiders, but one has kind of an 'eyebrow' under the eyes that looks like your spider. To me, anyway.

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hczone6 Zone 6, OH(Zone 6a) Aug 30, 2007

I think that's it. Thanks.

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