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Mourning Doves enjoying the sun

Mantis likes THIS tasty sort of butterfly.

Can you see the butterfly wing just about in the shade?? It's not a fresh one.. but Mantis had just eaten off his soft head when I snapped this picture. I reached down and Mantis snapped at ME!! I'm soft & fleshy too..EEEK

Another shot..see the wing above???
A Walking Stick ..hubby took these pics

Ctenomorpha chronus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Subclass:
Pterygota
Infraclass:
Neoptera
Superorder:
Exopterygota
Order:
PhasmatodeaJacobson & Bianchi, 1902
Suborders
AgathemerodeaTimematodeaVerophasmatodea
The Phasmatodea (sometimes called Phasmida) are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects (in Europe), walking sticks or stick-bugs (in the United States of America), phasmids, ghost insects and leaf insects (generally the family Phylliidae). The ordinal name is derived from the Greek "phasma" meaning an apparition or phantom, and refers to the resemblance of many species to sticks or leaves. Their natural camouflage can make them extremely difficult to spot. A few species (for example those in the genus Anisomorpha) are capable of secreting a substance from glands on the metathorax that can cause an intense burning irritation of the eyes (and in some cases temporary blindness) and mouth of potential predators on contact.