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Empusa pennata
Mantis
Gypsum based scrub
Both species - Empusa pennata or Phyllocrania paradoxa are the most likely from the location you've found it.
It does look like it doesn't it? Thank you auntnance & everyone for your comments.
Try cone head mantis; I ran across a similar image while searching cone headed grasshoppers today.
Spotted on Apr 6, 2011
Submitted on Oct 8, 2011
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