“Pray tell me, man! Which way to Mars?”
A rose is a rose is a bug on my rose moss,
mostly rosy, except for that glare…mostly creepy.
Johnny Mantis preparing for take-off!
Pretty buggy in pink tutu!
A bug with a view of our back patio.
A full-length feature creature, if ever I saw one.
“I know I left a Mars Bar in here somewhere, dagnabbit!”
Johnny Mantis is telling Uncle Tree a tall tale.
A laughing Praying Mantis knows no bounds.
One should never count him completely out of the picture.
At the end of the day, Johnny hops on board his space station,
and heads for home. I pray, he made it safely.
Photographs by Uncle Tree and his lady, Lucy Scarlett
with a special thanks to our star for the day,
Johnny Mantis!
“Are you lookin’ at me?”
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Uncle Tree's House 
Hey this fellow is really cute. No if you could teach Johnny Mantis to sing like Johnny Mathis you’d have it made and the fellow could live his life in clover.
LoL 🙂 No kidding, Rasma! Great idea! Thank you!
What a cute little facey! Makes me want to have a Johnny Mantis as a friend
He he he! 🙂 Thank you, Annette! Me, too.
Johnny Mantis sure gets around, Uncle Tree! 😎
Gosh, I’m glad I don’t have to share my plants with one of these guys.
Fabulous pics, and words to go with them!
This was a rare occasion, Sarah. That was the first one I’ve seen in Nebraska. I first noticed Johnny that morning, and he stayed until sunset. Quite photogenetic was this Martian creature. And, obviously, he didn’t scare easily. I finally bugged him too much, and he flew off into the sunset, like a homesick ET, wishing he could “phone home”.
🙂 Thank you doubly, Jude! 🙂
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😀 I suppose one can put up with aliens in the garden if they only come by occasionally. 😉
Stickiness was meant to be a guise. He came, you saw. What a contour! Nice work 🙂
What a beauty!!
Enjoyed your photographs and the Martian theme. What a cute little fella!
🙂 Thank you kindly, Ed!
Intricate and personal was my day with this strange beauty.
Rewarding work is always enjoyable, and rather rare in these parts.
Peace and luvz, bro!
Thank you bunches, Roda! 🙂 Nice to meet you, too! UT
I had a lot of fun with this one, Inese. 🙂 Thank you!
He does, Virginia! He surely does. 🙂 Thank you much, kind lady!
Awesome photos; I’m amazed at the clarity of the macro/close-up of Johnny. Super-funny name, too. 🙂
Thank you truly, Leigh! 🙂
Glad you liked Johnny Mantis and all his close-up features.
Nice to meet you! Thanks for stopping by!
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Oh my! What gorgeous photos. I nearly fell off my chair at the close up of Johnny looking right at the camera. That one is particularly amazing. 😀
🙂 Thank you for the kind compliment, D! Much appreciated!
Johnny says, “Hello!” and “Thank you, sir!” You see,
he left me this sweet little communication device, so we can stay in touch. 😉 Cheerio! UT
Amazing photos and words to go with it!
Glad you liked this post! 🙂 Thank you, Maddy!
You’re welcome!