Sometimes to find a cool bug you have to look at another. Case in point:
This is a planthopper, probably Acanalonia conica. It’s pretty cool itself. But there is another critter I would like to find that is sometimes associated with this critter. It is an external parasite that lives on planthoppers. Not such a rare thing, you say? Lots of flies and wasps have larva that are parasites.
Only it is not a fly. Nor a wasp. It is a moth.
Not recorded from Iowa yet, at least not on bugguide.
Just another critter to look for.
The roused bear 
Another beautiful image that shows the amount of detail found on the even the tiniest of creatures. I love its eyes.