An Encounter with a Praying Mantis

A few weeks ago my son came home from school and told me he rescued a praying mantis from the middle of the road. Since I'd never really seen one I went out and checked him out.

It was a really cool experience, I was surprised at how big it was, as you can see by looking at the images here.

You can see the video here, in my Instagram feed.

He (she) kept looking at me and then walked toward my phone. Several times he tried to climb on it -- I think it might have been because I have a colored flower design on my phone case.

After a while we let him go in the remains of my garden, not sure if he will hibernate or what he does as winter approaches and come back next year!

Thanks for dropping by, have a great week!