Insect and Spider Identification: Mantis or beetle?, 1 by mrdail87

mrdail87 wrote:
I've really never seen anything like this, and my searches through databases come up with nothing. At first I thought it was some species of mantis but it doesn't have any out in the front. It's body curves with it's mid section closer to the ground. It's not a fast mover, and even though it was on the wall on my patio, it didn't look like it was having an easy time climbing. Anybody have any clue what this is?