He's camoflaged pretty good there... kinda looks like a miss-struck nail. lol
there must be hundreds of varieties of the mantids... maybe these little ones are a small species.
Funny Story: I saw a small one, probably just a half inch in size; it was making tiny little clear droplets on the window in a group. I got closer to see what it was doing... it turned it's head to look at me, you know how they do that head turny thing, and it lifted one of it's front legs that looked like it had a suction cup on it and waved it back and forth.. it was rather strange like it was waving at me so of course I waved back and it did it again, and again!!! Isn't that funny.... or should I not be telling that story?
I never was able to figure out what it was doing up there.... but the image stuck in my head with those funny looking suction cup looking feet, or hands!!
