>his thing was between 1 1/2 and 2 inches long,
>mostly black or dark brown it was in the shade so I'm not positive, no
>obvious body stripes, what appeared to be a single set of wings the
>length of the body, kept swept back neatly along the stocky un-wasp-like
>body - not held out to the side when at rest, and 6 bright yellow
>powerful looking legs. No long ovipositor and if it had a sting I didn't
>see it, but at that size I didn't get too close
I assume you would recognize a mantis
Dobsonflies or stoneflies might fit even though they have two pairs of
wings and dobsons don't have bright yellow legs. Some stoneflies have
yellow legs
try google images for those two
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>mostly black or dark brown it was in the shade so I'm not positive, no
>obvious body stripes, what appeared to be a single set of wings the
>length of the body, kept swept back neatly along the stocky un-wasp-like
>body - not held out to the side when at rest, and 6 bright yellow
>powerful looking legs. No long ovipositor and if it had a sting I didn't
>see it, but at that size I didn't get too close