Loss

We lost one. On her crusade against the spider mites, my wife detected the predatory foreleg of a Mantis hanging at the underside of a leaf.
There is no doubt about what it is - and the color let's me dread that it is Mini-Me that lost it's limb. I have no idea, whether a Mantis could survive without that, or if it would grow back. It is rather more probable that these are just the remains, and that he got eaten by a larger predator. And the only largher predator in that habitat is ... Madam.
Mantids are known to be cannibalistic at times, and a larger female will eat a smaller male if the chance presents itself. But right now, we only have a few hard facts, and anything else is speculation. I will be on the lookout the next days.