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Photo#84128
Male Grizzled Mantis, top view - Gonatista grisea - male

Male Grizzled Mantis, top view - Gonatista grisea - Male
Beverly Hills, Citrus County, Florida, USA
October 20, 2006
Size: > 1 in.
Viewed high on a column shortly after noon.

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Male Grizzled Mantis, top view - Gonatista grisea - male Male Grizzled Mantis, front/side view - Gonatista grisea - male

Not a mole cricket
This looks like a very short-bodied mantis, but I've never see one that looks like this. I'll be most interested in what others think.

 
Yes,
Looks like it might be a male Grizzled mantid, here.