Common green mantis emerges

I have included this first picture to give you an idea of the size of this baby mantis.
He was looking for a place to hide in order to moult.......

and soon found one anongst the leaves of a shrub.

I have put in black arrows in the picture above to show you the skin he left behind.

He blended in very well with the shadows and look like of spiffy in this new skin. :)