Photo: Canon PSA4000 IS RED Place: Štitar, Slavonia, Croatia Story: I went for a walk near my mother's house. It was early evening. I looked down on the grass and saw a praying mantis walking up the thistles. For some time I was watching, and when she felt my presence stood frozen up. Her every move was still very slow ... similar to the so-called "robot-motion." I think this is a male (females are larger and green) common mantis living in continental Croatia.