My New Buddy

Yes, my new buddy is a bug. A praying mantis to be exact. I'm not sure what species it is, since the the only ones I've seen before were green, and I'm too darn lazy to either look it up (I started, but quickly learned there are more than 2,000 species!) or send the picture to whatsthatbug.com. But he's been hanging out in my garden the past few days. I hope he sticks around, he's way cooler than the cicadas that apparently love to molt on my petunias.