Mantis, male

Hi rkoenings, nice find! Welcome to Project Noah!
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Your insect is certainly a mantis, however, Sphodromantis viridis is not known to occur in North America.

It is quite possibly a Carolina Mantis, Stagmomantis carolina, but there is at least one other mantis from that genus that can occur in your area. It is ok to just put the Genus in the Scientific Name area if you can't determine a species. Take a look at the link I provided with my ID suggestion to compare. :-)