Keith Vandermeir in Carol Stream emailed to look at the size of this mantis and I thought it made a pretty good WOTW.
Send nominations for WOTW, the occasional celebration of wild things around Chicago outdoors on Sundays on the Sun-Times outdoors page, to straycasts@sbcglobal.net.
Usually this time of the year, I am running Buck of the Week: Unplugged. I will run BOTW: Unplugged as long as photos keep coming.