I saw this mantis as I was sweeping the driveway this morning -- thought it was a stick my broom had missed and was about to pick it up when it started to walk away! It was very sluggish and crawled up the leg of this pot instead of flying, but it is a cool and overcast morning, so perhaps the mantis just hasn't warmed up yet.
The mantis is generally a beneficial insect, eating flies, mosquitoes, crickets, aphids, etc., but being a voracious carnivore it will also eat other beneficial insects, including other mantises.
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