Woohoo! Mantis!

A few weeks ago, I noticed a praying mantis clinging to the wall above the mystery tree, and it freaked me the hell out. Today it's still there, and from a quick check on Wikipedia, it seems it's to be encouraged as it's entirely carnivorous, so I'm ok with it now. Right now, it's standing guard over the basil (although from the looks of it it'd be better off in the spinach pot), as you can sort of see in this mildly out-of-focus picture. My phone isn't good at close ups.



It looks pretty mean. I wonder if I should put a warning sign on the gate.