Found a mantis

[Peter Clausen]

Here are a couple photos for comparison's sake:

Bactromantis mexicana

Peter

 

[yen_saw]

Peter, thanks for the pic. How could i forget your site!! i must be really sick

 

[Kris Anderson]

I found this one on Wikipedia which says it's an Australian Praying Mantis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Austral...ying_Mantis.jpg

[SIZE=12pt]Oligonicella scudderi[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] (Saussure, 1870)[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] [/SIZE] male.