Banded Net-winged Beetle.
One of those beasties I’ve identified only to have folks in the nature hike etc. ask “but what GOOD is it?” You can’t eat’em. You can’t smoke’em. So what good are they? Your answer would be: _______
And this caterpillar is unidentified only because I don’t have the time this morning to do it. So if anybody knows or is curious to explore for a name, please share.
We don’t have ’em in the West, most likely, but they sure are pretty (and I am sure their ecosystem would miss ’em if they were gone.)
What good are humans that ask questions like that. You can’t eat them or smoke them either, and they have overpopulated their ecosystem.