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pests Some bug identification...

Hi guys,
I put my little pepper plants out into the garden for a day in the sunshine.  When I brought them back in I noticed two little hitchhikers.  Just wondering if anyone here knows what these little guys are and if I should leave them be if they might be beneficial predators or if I should be popping them back outside?
 
 
This little stick bug.  I'll call him "Sticky" for now:
Sticky.jpg

 
And this much smaller fella which doesn't look like an aphid, i'll call him "Buggy" for now:
Buggy.jpg

 
 
And I know what this is on my Red Habenero ;O)
Bud.jpg

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
the first one is a vegetable grasshopper
the second looks to be a type of lacewing(antennae don't match though)
and the third is beneficial  especially when you get infested with them :dance:
 
hmmm ok well it's a bit dark outside now so I might wait until it's warm sunshine again tomorrow and then pop "Sticky" back outside where he can eat some other stuff.  I'll buy him a stick of celery or something!
 
"Sticky" probably has relatives outside, too. You'll want to keep an eye out for him and his friends once the plants go back outside.
 
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