Praying mantis

This little guy/gal? joined us for lunch on the lip of a yellow pitcher.

This picture is just about her/his actual size.

If I had known to count them I could have learned whether this is a male or female by the number of segments on the underside of the abdomen - eight for a male, six on a female.

You can read about them for yourself. Amazing what one can find on the internet, eh?