Chinese Mantis ... or a relative?
This is probably a Chinese Mantis , although my understanding is that a Narrow-winged Mantis (aka Japanese Mantis) is an awfully similar mantis that's also in the area. I don't normally handle the bugs I photograph, so I can't look for an orange spot field mark between the front legs. I've read that the Chinese Mantis has a yellow spot instead; I don't know what you do if the spot is yellowish orange. With views like this one, I've been IDing them at the genus level ( Tenodera ) on iNaturalist since both (related) species are in that genus. (There are around 16 species in the genus, though I think the Chinese and Narrow-winged Mantises are probably the only 2 that are a good candidate for this mantis.) Here's another article to help ID these guys. September 5, 2022 in Bridgewater Photo 238965050, (c) jpviolette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)