!!!! I want those!!! How do you attract them? Will they eat my geckos?

Goodness knows. A garden that is rich in wildlife will be more likely to have them.

How cool to find that in your grow space! Would love to have a few of them in my plant room.

Orchid Flower Mantis you say - never heard of it til now and look how awesome they are! Can you see it?

Well I think so, but it sure doesn't look like a bug. Does it change it's color to suit the flower color?

What a fabulous insect!

I grew up in the Philippines and with their big bulging eyes and huge mouth :bowing for deveoring bugs leave impressions on kids that they're off limits:rofl:

It depends on the species of mantis, and the species of gecko. A large mantis can eat a small gecko, and a larger gecko can eat a mantis.

The largest mantis you are likely to see in the USA is the Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis, introduced), which is a bit over 4 inches (11 cm) long (females; the males are smaller). They are known to eat small lizards, amphibians, and hummingbirds, as well as insects. The Chinese mantis can actually make a good pet and becomes accustomed to being handled. My son usually keeps one of these as a pet for a few months each spring and summer; he usually just finds small ones in weedy meadows and brings one home.

Another mantis that is a bit larger (13 cm) is the "megamantis", Plistospilota guineensis, and is sometimes kept as a pet.