Mantis

Description:

This large mantis has yellow wings in a checker pattern. The tip of the nose is blue. This is a female which are larger than the males. "Facial plate (below and between antennae) about twice as wide as long (as for genus), eyes not as protruding as in Carolina Mantid. Females most often fairly plain green (often yellowish abdomen), but sometimes gray, or light brown, with dark spot in middle of tegmina. Tegmina do not completely cover wide abdomen. Hind wings checkered or striped yellow." - BugGuide

Habitat:

Goldenbush along trail. The range is "Texas to southern California, north into Colorado and Utah, south into Mexico." - BugGuide