Attack of the greenie

If Godzilla or King Kong exist in the insect world, it may look like this fellow scaling the candleholder and other things around the patio.

Just another one of the many critters that we stumble across every day down here. This fellow looks just like a leaf, and we didn't notice it until Adrianna pointed it out. It's called a mula del diablo in Spanish, or a praying mantis. It's definitely a good size and packs a painful bite, we've been told. It was fun to watch it slowly crawl across a table and then up a plant. It's big, but doesn't move very fast. And yes, it does fly. It's not as cool as the fireflies that light up in the eyes and not the tail. Those are very cool to see coming at you in the evenings; two beady, green/yellow eyes just weaving around in the night. Doubt we'll get much of a picture of one of those, unless we get really lucky.