Pretty plants... Ugly bugs

I was fascinated by the blossoms I found on my eggplant and had to photograph them...



And caught a few other cool photos of the garden. New pumpking plant started from seed, more chives (I love their flowers), twisty twirly tendrils on the squash plant...





Then I saw a bug. What I think was a bug.



So I sent this photo to the USU extention to see if they could identify it. I stumped the professor! He's thinking it's an egg sack if not a bug. He says, and I agree, I probably don't want to find out what's in there if it is an egg sack. So I went back to the garden to try and find it - or one like it - so I could squish it, but didn't see a thing. I did see these, though. Intruders. How ugly is the skeleton thing?




The garden has become my project. Pretty fun. Besides discovering the ugly bugs.