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While I was turning this year’s leaves into mulch for next year’s vegetables, a supervisor landed on my glove:

I thought it was a very small stick insect covered with leaf chaff, but it turned out to be a Pale Green Assassin Bug nymph with built-in armor and spines:

Something like that, anyway.

This katydid supervised while I put the tools away:

Those scary stern claspers must come in handy for something, but I’d rather not be on the receiving end.

It was a fine day to be outdoors, although I vastly prefer my shop.