New to this.

[aNisip]

im not a newbie but im not a pro when it comes to mantises i just love them as a hobby and im goin to a park to look for some oothecas for the florida bark species and larger florida mantis species and maybe a carolina ooth. Does anybody have any tips to find ooths? or where to look? thx

 

[myzticalboi]

Welcome to the forum from California.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Welcome, trees for the bark mantis and grassy fields for the other.

 

[Rick]

This time of year is the time to look for mantid ooths. Weedy meadows.

 

[PhilinYuma]

Rick and Rebeca are right up there when it comes to ooth snagging, but there are other useful places to check out, including walls. This year, I have gotten all of my Stagmomantis limbata ooths from the walls of the local Presbyterian church. There are a couple that are way too high for me to reach. Here's a pic, taken yesterday:

I don't know whether or not they lay on Romanian Orthodox churches!