Brooklyn Praying Mantis
Channel: bidofthis
Date: 2011-09-18

I picked up  My Empire of Dirt by Manny Howard at the salvation army -- i'm about 100 or so pages in, just went outside to take a breather and water the plants.  To my surprise a Praying Mantis was in my Magnolia. 

BTW there is no law!
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.asp