More mantid action

Alison, my new neighbour, seems to have quite a knack for spotting bugs. We were just chatting on the porch a moment ago when she noticed a mantid climbing up her door frame. In the two weeks she's been here we've seen two mantids, where as I didn't even catch a glimpse of a mantid for the previous two months. She is a self-confessed "bug person" and perhaps her eyes are just better tuned to the creepy crawlies around us

Anyway, here are some photos of the mantid, the door frame and Alison's finger, which the mantid seemed to be sizing up for a meal.







This mantid is much smaller than the one we saw on the palmetto the other day, and he has a brown body but bright green legs, which looked rather cool. This got me thinking that maybe that other mantid wasn't one of mine after all. Or maybe he was and this guy isn't. Or maybe neither of them are? Or maybe they both are, and this guy just didn't get as much to eat as the first one? Or maybe it doesn't really matter and I'm just jibbering on and on about nothing now...

that's probably it.
-Mr. Ed