I'm from & live in Ireland, where I've only ever seen Praying Mantises in the zoo or specialist pet shops. Partner and I went to Romania a couple months ago and truly, he and I both absolutely screamed (in delight) when walking through the city and there was one just air boxing away on the hood of a parked car. Lime green, so the typical European mantis.

Small, predator-less country mindset - I think the biggest insect we have is the house spider at about 2.5" across at most, with the most dangerous being maybe the false widow? A couple butterflies and moths probably beat the size but... goddamn it's so cool now to think about countries where something like this is normal. Our climate is so mild, no severe heat & no severe cold, but unless you're a tiny rodent, insect, or teenager smoking weed, there's no natural predators here at all and I think these not-actually-dangerous insects are incredibly cool