Big mantis, snacking on yet another bumblebee. Pretty sure this is the same mantis that we identified as a Carolina mantis before... are those smaller? How can we tell? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183437842
UPDATE: The facial shield clearly identifies this as a Chinese mantis. https://bugguide.net/node/view/12409 Sadly the earlier pictures do not show the face, but if they are the same specimen...
This little guy was walking very fast over the lawn. When I tried taking his pic, he faced me as if to attack folding his front legs and opened his mouth as if he was going to bite and claw me.