Praying Mantis Video: These mantids are excellent beneficial insects for the garden and ideal predators for getting caterpillars. If you don't like using pesticides and are into organic gardening and live somewhere warm try and introduce these into your garden just like I have.

This is my second video of the praying mantis that we found in a vine, I transported him into my garden to look for any insects and it looks like he has stayed. I have also posted the video of him in the day, a bit out of focus so I have included some close up detailed photo of this interesting creature.

They can be quite feisty and I have seen a praying mantis attack a cat that was meddling with it, believe it or not the praying mantis won!!

I have seen these praying mantis here in Africa in various sizes and they also fly around lights, they come in different colours as well, brown, red, white with red eyes (possible albino?) and various shades of grey and brown. They seem to be quite scarce and you really need to go looking for them but when you find them a very lucky great prize for the garden. They can tend to move quick and nip you if you grab them so take some care when it comes time to kidnap them, remember a praying mantis is for life just not Christmas!

Please ignore one of the locals singing or chanting in the background just my luck it's either the local kids screaming the guy who sings or the water pump when I start to video!!

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