I spy, with my eye
a big bug, looking green and smug.
Or an alien invasion, at my plantation!
He turned and posed, and liked me I suppose!
Friend or foe, he watches where ever I go!
I saw this rather large Praying Mantis yesterday.
I invited him to stay at the zoo...but warned him about the cats, too!
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Nice pictures - and poem too!
ReplyDeletethanks, Mari! I saw him out my window and had to do a photo shoot! ;)
DeleteAwwww great pics and fab poem!! The Praying Mantis is wonderful!!! Yay!!! Take care
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He is really cool looking, isn't he?
DeleteNice pictures Betsy:))
ReplyDeletethanks, Gloria! Do you have Praying Mantis in Chile?
DeleteYes Betsy but I dont remember how wr called here lol
DeleteWe only say bugs!
Wow...great closups! He looks very friendly.
ReplyDeletethanks....I used the zoom....I was inside! ha.
DeleteGreat pictures. You are quite the photographer. Also wanted to tell you that I had a wonderful time with Taylor & Lauren the other night. They are just so cute together & I enjoy Taylor's sense of humor. Ask him about the Amish waitress !!!!
ReplyDeleteNana
haha...ok, I will ask him! Glad they spent some time with you, too. :)
DeleteA handsome fellow! Not too martian-like! lol
ReplyDeletehaha...just a little bit? I thought so! lol....
DeleteI haven't seen a praying mantis in YEARS!!!
ReplyDeleteHow clever of you to spy him...
Cheers!
Linda :o)
he caught my eye...the cute little guy! :)
DeleteTook me a second to see him in the first one
ReplyDeleteAnd you rhymed, such fun
If he's alien watch the probe
They do that to all around the globe
But if not I suppose he can stay
Until the kitties decide to slay
Marmy will surely attack
Wanting him for a snack
yes, I used the hardest photo first
Deletebefore I showed you an easy burst.
And the cats already got another guy
and left part of him at the door for me as a prize.
haha.
hahaha figures they'd get one
DeleteSo glad mine stay inside and run
To surprises but the odd hairball
That show up at my hall
Fabulous photos of this praying mantis, Betsy! They are such unusal insects aren't they? How well they blend in with the foliage in wait.
ReplyDeletePS I keep trying to follow your blog on facebook networked blogs and I keep getting this message: "This web page has a programing error"
ReplyDeleteWell, that is weird. I tried to register you from my end and it said you already were there!
Deletenice...i love praying mantis....the one on our porch just moulted...and left is husk...we showed the boys and kept it...it was very cool...
ReplyDeleteDo they do that? omg....maybe that's what I found on the porch. I thought the cats ate it. lol....
DeleteAll I can say is, fantastic pictures!!!
ReplyDeleteYour timing isn't bad either.
thank you! I was a little disappointed in the blurriness of the last one...he must have moved just as the shutter opened!
DeleteNice rhyming. =)
ReplyDelete~Aidyl
why, thank you! :)
DeleteThat face reminds of ET. :o
ReplyDeleteYou're getting some fine visitors and Macro shots too!
ET...exactly! haha.
DeleteAwesome shot. You really get some great shots. The last one here is amazing, perfect. Thanks
ReplyDeletewell, thanks Fred...I was disappointed in the blurriness of the last one...I think he moved at the last second! ha. Still, he was fun to watch.
DeleteREALLY REALLY cool Betsy!
ReplyDeletehe was huge!
DeleteThey do look so alien, but are good at pest control in the garden. I would love to see his view of you!
ReplyDeletehis view of me? hahaha...well, I think that would be very humorous, too. lol....
DeleteSo would I! Love the pics and captions!
ReplyDeletethanks Donna! Great to see you here...
DeleteThanks for the story about your Praying Mantis.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a cute story if they didn't harm humming birds.
Eww, sorry to taint it. :(
wonderful pictures!
ReplyDeletethanks, Amy...I've always thought they were fascinating creatures.
DeleteI had a smaller praying mantis greeting me each day for a while when watering plants. She was a mauve color, so obviously a girl!
ReplyDeletemauve? No kidding? I've only seen green ones! How very cool!
Deletewonderful shots!!! You have done so well here.
ReplyDeletethanks, alida...I enjoyed watching him!
DeleteThose are some nice shots!
ReplyDeletelove this! he's almost cute. can't believe you captured him looking directly at you. they're a fascinating insect. I don't mind them as I do cockroaches, mosquitoes, black flies and houseflies. It's so humid this summer, like the tropics. The mosquitoes are the worst I've ever seen and felt.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a really large insect.;) We have nothing like that here in the cold north, only small crickets.;) And Sammy thinks it is so much fun to hunt and eat them, yuck.;))
ReplyDeletexoxo