When I read that people like you find mantis in the wild, I just can´t belive it, cause even I tried so hard looking for mantids, I think I don´t have that trained eyes like you or I just don´t look in the right places, My mom told me once that She saw a Mantis at her house, then I try to look for it and I didn´t see anything, some months later She told me that She saw another one, and When I went to try to find it, again I didn´t found it, and two weeks ago She told me about another one, and finally I saw it, I took some pics and a Friend told me that She is a Limbata, I was going to leave her back where I found her, but my friend told me that He had an extra adult male to share!!!, so yesterday I got the male, and yestarday I introduce him to her....... now they are still connected!!!
saludos
saludos