Nervous

We haven't seen Madam for the last five days - that makes me a bit nervous.
Has she decided to leave the plant - which is in a really bad shape after the attack of the spider mites.
Her usual hideout, in the middle of the plant, is not a very nice habitat anymore. Lots and lots of brown, dead leafs, the once over-boarding vegetation caved in to a sorry lump of mostly brownish, dying biomass. But one hope remains - that Madam has relocated to the outlying parts of the plants, especially that part which is crawling up on the wall of our house. There, the vegetation has already recovered quite nicely and although not as luscious and thick as it was in the middle of the plant, a Mantis should find some good spots there to rest and hide and hunt.
We even decided to try generating an extension to her habitat, and planted some new plants that we plan to put beside the original plant. At the growth rate we have here in the south, those should be ready for colonization in by the end of the month.
We'll see ...