Description: green or tan, with long forelegs shaped
for grasping prey

Size: 50-65 millimeters (2-2.5 inches)

Food: caterpillars, flies, bees, butterflies, some moths

Where it lives: meadows, on foliage or flowers

Other facts: accidentally introduced to the USA in 1899, it was quickly seen as helpful to gardeners as it ate pests.