Preying Mantis

The praying mantis, the perfect predator, hence the deliberate spelling mistake.

I know I blipped one a few days ago, but hey, they will be gone in a few weeks, so here's another.

See it up close and personal here

The Praying Mantis

From whence arrived the praying mantis?
From outer space, or lost Atlantis?
glimpse the grin, green metal mug
at masks the pseudo-saintly bug,
Orthopterous, also carnivorous,
And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us.

Ogden Nash