help identify preying mantis

I have never seen this color for a preying mantis before,can any one out there help me indentify it,and maybe give me more information on it?

Carolina Mantis, Stagmomantis carolina.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/34064

are they common in my area? and what about the color,I have always seen them either green,or brown,never like this,I asked alot of people I know and alot lives in the country they said this is the first for them,just curiouse.

Their range is New Jersey south to Florida, west to Utah, Arizona, Texas and through Mexico to Central America.

well they must be moving into my area alot more,here is another on around my front portch were the first one lives

This one is a male and your 1st one is female. I guess we know why you have two.

yep your right, they found each other, after 3 hours like this, I waited to see what the female would do to the male, but it was getting late and I had to call it a night,I will look for the male in the morning to see what happened to him,
what is the cycle for the female to lay the eggs and time for them to hatch? thanks again for all your help.

Hopefully, the male went on his way. The female will only eat him if she's hungry. If you can still find her, she will make an eggsac and attach it to a shaded spot, we hope, in your garden. The babies will hatch in the Spring.

This eggsac will look like this...

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Female Mantis at my house last year with eggsac attached.

the female was hanging out right above my gasgrill so I had to move her to the tree in the side yard,I figured that would be better for her anyway,so I will not see her again or the eggsack she lays.
s I guess I will be checking out the tree in spring for a million little preying mantis,wide figure on the babies,not sure how many they lay,,, anyway thanks again for all your help, and I rate this site a BIG
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oh by the way, they was still locked togather the next morning when I went to work and when I got home like I said the female was still above my grill.
and no sighn of the male ,nothing no body anything,maybe he got away unharmed,

I see you just joined us. Glad you like it here. It's always good to see new folks.

Is the tree one that loses it's leaves? You might check later and see if you can see the eggsac or even her placing it. You might get lucky!

Today was the first time I have ever seen a "brown" -Carolina Mantis, Stagmomantis carolina-mantis. Thought I'd share my pics

Pic 2

Very nice shots!

If memory serves, this is a Chinese Mantis, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis.

Taking another look, it looks like Tenodera aridifolia, not, particularly, the subspecies I listed.

These are some of the most amazing photos I have seen in a while. Preying mantises like to hang out in my yard and I see them often, but until I read the above I though I was imagining things when I stumbled across an enormous brown one with big beady eyes.

They are amazing, aren't they. Good job, everyone.

Thanks for the correction "kwanjin"!

Very good pictures, regardless of what it's called. ^_^