I happened to find a praying mantis egg case on a tomato plant that was headed to the compost pile. A bit of Elmer’s Glue and it’s now safely spending the winter on an oleander. I love having them around, but they’ll gladly prey on beneficial as well as nasty bugs. Last year I had one in a lantana favored by the local little yellow butterflies. At the end of summer the ground around its pit was littered with disembodied yellow wings.
Nature IS brutal - I’ll give you that! I saw one a few years ago, but I don’t find them very often.