Last year they ate my autumn clematis and my honeysuckle plant. I had noticed so many of them but left them on the plant thinking they were a good insect. Now I know better.

This year I was ready for them. I started spraying insecticidal soap a week ago and have been doing it every day. Yesterday I noticed them for the first time on the sweet autumn clematis. So I sprayed again and then gave them a blast with the hose. I did the same with the honeysuckle. Today they were back and I did the same again. Later on I noticed they were standing on the other honeysuckle plant I have. There were two, one each on a fragrant flower.

I've been taking pictures all day but I need a better camera for up close. Right before I wrote this message one of those insects jumped on my computer and sat there. I was able to take another picture while it sat on my computer.

They are kelly green in color on their bodies, like transluscent, and the legs are black. There are some that have like some marking on their backs and the legs look transparent like they have stripes.

I haven't found them on the internet to be able to identify them. I tried all day long. I thought it was an aphid but it's too big I think. These things are almost a half an inch from the base of their front legs to the base of their back legs. But the body is about 1/4 " Their back legs are like crickets'. The other four are much tinier and low to the ground. They move by walking around, moving each leg seperately and then they jump off.

The damage to the leaved are holes until there is no leaf left.

Also the honey suckle is looking black on some leaves. I think I have just kept spraying it too much. It used to get white fungus every year and now it's this black stuff.

Can anyone help me figure out what to do. Thanks so much.