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Flower scarab - Valgus canaliculatus (males, ~5 mm)
These were all over the persimmon flowers, often disappearing most of the way down into the flower. I have usually found them on Viburnum previously. These always remind me of ticks. Genus name is Latin valgus, "bow-legged".
These are canaliculatus (versus V. seticollis), based on:

• dark reddish brown (vs. piceous)
• anterior tibiae with 3 slender, widely-separated teeth on outer side (vs. 5-6)
• pronotum with many small teeth along edge (vs. large teeth)
• overlapping cream-colored scales on abdominal sternites (vs. non-overlapping, tawny); visible in one image

Female of canaliculatus has long process on pygidium, lacking here, so these should be males. It seems that primarily males visit flowers (Ratclifee and Paulsen). The species is termetophilous--eggs, larvae, and adults can be found in the galleries of Reticulitermes flavipes (several references below).
References

• BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/5242
• Dillon and Dillon, A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America (Row, Peterson, and Company, 1961), p. 558, plate 53(16)
• Evans, Beetles of Eastern North America (Princeton University Press, 2014), p. 177
• Harpootlian, Scarab Beetles of South Carolina (Clemson University, 2001), p. 124, figs. 243, 285
• Ratcliffe and Jameson, Generic Guide to New World Scarabs unsm-ento.unl.edu/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Scarabaeidae/Cetoni...
• Ratcliffe and Paulsen, The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska (Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 2008), pp. 503-4, fig. 688

Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum (female, ~20 mm body length)
Location: Durham NC (USA)
Male is coming up behind her on another plant stem. I had hoped to get a photo of them mating, but the female flew off when I got too close with my phone.
References

• BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/9493
• Singing Insects of North America orthsoc.org/sina/251a.htm

Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum (male, ~18 mm body length)
Location: Durham NC (USA)
Male kept on singing for a minute after female decamped. Got a sound recording with phone, though there was wind. Sound and sonogram included.
References

• BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/9493
• Singing Insects of North America orthsoc.org/sina/251a.htm