praying mantis, Chinese mantid

thanks, ForestDragon, for all your helpful I.D. suggestions!

I just love Mantids! This is a nice picture of an adult female Chinese Mantid. Sphodromantis viridis (African Giant Mantis) is not known to occur in North America and looks a bit different from this.

Sphodromantis viridis :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mantis...

You can see the difference in the body shape and the wings.