Today we had a surprise guest in our yard, a miniature praying mantis. I’ve always been fond of them, maybe because of the never drawn Gary Larson comic with a mantis coming into a singles bar with his decapitated head under an arm that states „women“. Melli got some good macro shots with her cam. Most likely it is the invasive South African species Miomantis caffra, and not New Zealand’s own Orthodera novaezealandiae. Lets hope for the little critter that it won’t get eaten by an invasive thrush, sparrow or starling.
