Stagmomantis carolina aka the Carolina Mantis.

First upload from the new camera. I'm very impressed with the quality of this camera and lens.

I'm still getting the hang of it. There's a lot to this thing and I'm still working the kinks out of operating it.

I went out late this evening as the sun was going down. I found something I hadn't seen in quite a while. A beautiful mantis!

Hopefully picture quality will improve with practice.