Stylin’ Mantis

Take a look at the coloration of this praying mantis (Stagmomantis carolina). I see him as an opinionated old guy with fashion sense — snazzy neon pants add pop to a gray-brown suit.

He walks like an old man, too. In the middle of the video, he gives me the eye and waves his “canes” at me. I think I hear him growl, “What’re you lookin’ at, scalawag?”

He gets back to his mechanical slog across the stone wall, but I’ve been warned.