Wild Ootheca Photo

[flybycat]

My sister-in-law is going to help me post this photo of an ootheca I found in my backyard a week or so ago. I think that it hatched already. Can anyone tell if it has. Thanks for looking.

Marc

 

[Rick]

Already hatched.

 

[yeatzee]

nice bokeh

 

[DeadInTheBasement]

those photos make me want to go looking for ooths of tiny species tommorow...always a fun challenge

 

[flybycat]

Thanks Rick and everyone else for their comments and looking. I am going to trim my roses tomorrow. I've found a couple ootheca on them in years past, but that was before I got into this hobby. I hope I can find an unhatched one. I saw some huge female Chinese mantids with swollen abdomens this last fall in my yard.

Marc

 

[hibiscusmile]

B) You will then find them, they should be knee ht. unless u are 3' tall, then they will be by yr chest, and on the other hand if u are 6' tall, look by yr ankles!

 

[Rick]

B) You will then find them, they should be knee ht. unless u are 3' tall, then they will be by yr chest, and on the other hand if u are 6' tall, look by yr ankles!

Not always. There is no set height. I have found them in trees up over my head.

 

[hibiscusmile]

I know that is true, but if u have a nice field with no trees, thats where they will be.

 

[flybycat]

I know that is true, but if u have a nice field with no trees, thats where they will be.

It was about 4 feet above the ground.

Marc