Is this a good guy, or a bad guy? Right now I'm thinking BAD GUY. I first saw hundreds of these on my dinner-plate sized clematis blooms ... not on the foilage. I cut the blooms off and destroyed them .... only to realize in the next day or two that they are on every single bloom in my garden ... from dogwood to annual vinca, impatiens, zinnia, dianthus, clematis ... front yard, backyard, side yards. I first thought some kind of aphid ... but they fly quickly when disturbed, and are very active crawling around the petals of the blooms .. not sitting still like aphids. I have been unable to identify them. We have had so much rain that the garden never dries out ... and I'm thinking it has something to do with that. Any ideas? This photo is magnified many times.
