Interestingly, I've actually noticed there seem to usually be more Manduca sexta/quinquemaculatus caterpillars on jalapeno and other hot peppers than on bell peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant. Possibly due to less vertebrate predation?

It looks like a Tabanid fly egg cluster to me

Dragonflies can be tricky, especially from this angle. But try Pachydiplax longipennis

It's actually a Long-horned Caddisfly (family Leptoceridae). A cool group, and not uncommon in the right habitat in my experience.

Btw, they are super easy to feed once you get them home, they'll eat pretty much anything that resembles an insect, plus small fish, small tadpoles, and snails. But, interestingly, they they typically don't bother conspecifics, at least if fed regularly. They're also super easy to breed.

Probably Calomycterus setarius, an introduced, parthenogenetic species.

An incredible, brightly colored genus of South American Carabidae, found in Argentina and Chile. I currently only have three specimens in my collection but will for sure be acquiring more. This one was sold to me as C. buqueti chiloensis , but I actually think an unusually green C. chilensis glorios...

All of the specimens I've collected were at UV and/or MV lights. They spend the majority of their time underground.

Probably not my best, but definitely one of my favorites

Ochodaeidae is a rather small and secretive family containing only around 80 known spp. in 12 genura worldwide, within the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. in my years of collecting, I've only come across a handful of specimens from three species. Parochodaeus pectoralis : P. pectoralis Hamilton Co. KS 26...

Psalidognathus is another one that's high on my want list (along with some of the other South American prionids), but so far, they are proving difficult to obtain (without importing)

A male specimen I recently acquired.
South America (Probably Peru)
58mm