Praying Mantis

For some reason this preying mantis had come inside - probably because of the rain.  I had a hard job to get it outside again as it was not very co-operative.

Some time agp, a preying mantis came inside and made an egg case in the inside of the curtains. I didnt spot it there but eventually nature took its course and I had all these tiny green bodies running all over the place. Now, that was a really hard job, to find and evict them all  and I have no desire to have to repeat it.