This young baby is so cute and his shape is so strange - and he was ready to fight just like his mama does...
Mantodea (or mantises) is an order of insects that contains approximately 2,200 species in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats.
A colloquial name for the order is "praying mantis", because of the typical "prayer-like" stance, although "preying mantis" is sometimes used since mantises are predatory.

This is real - and I have a lot of OOF photos to prove it!