I won't be leaving my house anytime soon...

This lives by my house... it was on my front porch if we really want to get technical. Gross!  It's really not even that it's gross, but more that it scares the shit out of me.  It kept turning it's creepy head and watching what I was doing (mostly screaming and flailing)! Creeped out to the maxx!!!  Misty's been telling me about the praying mantis that lives on our porch for a few days, but I hadn't seen it.  Also, this isn't the same one... this one is more "pregnant" than the other one... which means this one bit the head off of the other one.  The thought of thousands of baby praying mantises (mantai) totally freaks me out too! I think it's because I don't really know if they're jumpers or what... which is probably most of the reason that it scares me so bad.  I'm not big on things jumping on me, especially when they're scary looking and are known for eating the heads off of things.  Not that I really think that it will eat my head, but you can't be too careful.  Also, did I mention it was the size of a small elephant???  Well, maybe a little smaller...