Anyone spotted any Mantis Ooths yet?

[Dave]

So I'm itchin to head out to the woods and start clipping some new fresh mantis ooths. Has anyone seen any in their areas? Would you mind giving a new hunter some pointers in spotting them? Is there a mass population in the central to north GA area?

Thanks guys!

-Dave
SPF

 

[pssh]

I tend to find them lower to the ground (2.5 feet or lower) or really high up (chest/shoulder height.) I find chinese ooths more in bushes and european ooths more in grass. In my area, places that look like they would have lots of ooths sometimes turn up none at all, so I tend to go to places where I have seen adults in the summer.