This is more average coloration than the male shown on BugGuide, but not nearly so striking (it is too red here due to evening lighting though). The species has a huge distribution, and varies in both coloration from place to place. The hind tibiae may be blue, greenish, grayish, brownish, yellow, orangey, or even red, with green and blue prevelant west from the Rockies, red showing up in s. New Mexico and Texas, and in between colors in between. This species is a good example of confusing multiple names for the same basic thing. So one book will call it one thing, and another another thin, depending upon the opinion of the author and when the book was published. Some other names that have been given this species are Trimerotropis biloata and T. cristata, and I consider C. texana to be the same species as Conozoa rebellis, which occurs in California (C. texana is south, east, and north of C. rebellis). The older name is C. rebellis, so someday, these may change officially from C. texana to C. rebellis. All of these names have been in Trimerotropis in the past. Ugh!