This beetle is large than a normal ladybug. It likes to eat milkweed. The dead branch he is sitting on is a leading line for the weekly 52 Frames project what I still do - a photo a week is more doable than one every day at the moment.
But I still hope to return to 365... May looks crazy already with the end of the school year and Yelena graduating from High School, so it might be June...
Sounds as though you are pretty busy at the moment.