Lol, its funny you mention that. Last year me and two buddies went to the store to grab some steaks for a cookout, and one of my buddies says "STOOPPP!" and I'm like "wtf?" And then I look down and there's this little praying mantis in the middle of the parking lot that I almost stepped on. We liked her so much that we took her home - she crawled on top of my buddies head and wouldn't come down(I am not kidding) and we named her Dr. Greenleaf - We got her a little cage and sprayed her and fed her (we mixed it up, crickets and moths) and she got HUGE. She went from 1 1/2 in to 3 1/2 inches - she eventually ate too large a cricket I believe and died, although she had also already laid eggs and was due to die at some point.
Praying mantises are awesome. They are so strong dude.. I couldn't play with Dr. Greenleaf after she got big, or she'd fuck up my fingers with her spines... It was such a blast to see her hunt too! Lol - They karate chop super fast when they kill something.. its pretty funny. I swear she had a personality... She would look like right at me sometimes after I'd spray her, and give me like a "fuck you" stare..