European mantises of North Carolina

[happy1892]

I found a few photos of European mantises in or near the mountains of North Carolina and even South Carolina on iNaturalist:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15595670
Interestingly there are European mantises out in the Southwest and southern part of Texas. I wonder if those are a different strain of European mantis from the European mantises in Canada?

 

[agent A]

it's very likely that over time, different populations evolve to fit the introduced regions, especially if the starter population was pretty small