Some Insects in my Fall Garden

Fall is a good time for insect watching in my garden. Here are some that I managed to get photographs of:  not a honey bee, but a Solitary bee, (Melissodes robustior) with hairy hind legs,

Senna Sulfer butterfly (Phoebis sennae),

Green Fruit Beetle (Continus mutabilis) on the fig tree,

hiding in the flowers, Mediterranean Mantis (Iris oratoria),

on the palm tree, California Mantis (Stagmomantis californica),

and in the rose garden, eating the rosebuds, a Grey Bird Grasshopper ( Schistocera nitens),

and another grasshopper, the Yellow Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis).