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Tenodera sinensis
Looks like a praying mantis, but I never saw them this big. It's about 3 inches long.
Found this one in my tomato plant as I was pulling them out for the season. also found another in our planter box in the front yard. I'm not sure what those plants are called.
Spotted on Oct 24, 2011
Submitted on Oct 25, 2011
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That is actually a Chinese Mantis, Tenodera sinensis. The green line down the wing edge is distinctive in this species. It is the largest mantis species found in North America. Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_man.... I spotted one a couple weeks ago: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/748....
And yes this is a fully grown adult. They get to about 3 inches in length.
It maybe a variety called the brown mantis.