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Saw scurrying up the mulberry branch, and noticed another (a nymph) parked farther up on the same branch

I think but am not sure that mating was in progress. When I pulled the branch nearer, they both hopped/flew away.

Presumably male due to dark color. In third picture, note there was another sitting not far away on the same branch, but that one flew off as soon as I disturbed the branch.

First pair of photos and second pair of photos separated by 5 minutes; last photo, when I returned fifteen minutes later the female started to crawl and dragged the male along (see last picture)

Looking distinctly more gray/brown than the ones I was seeing weeks ago.

Nice that AI suggests “American Plum” for ID. Quite brown on top.

One is easy to see- there’s another one facing it. When I got closer, the second one bugged out but the first one stayed still.

Shell from final molt found on underside of large, old mulberry tree leaf

On a very low branch of a very large mulberry tree