Praying Mantis

When I went out to pick fresh basil for the soup last night, I saw a most unusual praying mantis on one of the plants. I've seen a baby green one before, but this one was brown, with black-and-white-striped legs. I did not have the camera, and the lighting was a bit dim, anyway. I just looked it up on the UK entomology site, and it is a Carolina Mantid, Stagmomantis carolina. Go there for a picture of the adult. The nymph was cute. An American native! I hope it stays, thrives, and eats the bad guys.