Mid-Atlantic Gardening: A place to show off your new additions, and spring changes!, 1 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
Is that a mantis case? I've got dangling mantis cases on some of my plants, and I also have egg cases like the one in the photo -- and they look quite different to me. I figured the latter type were some other kind of insect, and I've been meaning to try to get an ID so I knew if it was friend or foe.

Hmmm, let me see if I've got a photo of what I think is a mantis case.... Hmmm, this isn't a great shot (at least not of the egg case -- I think it's a good photo of the snow crystals on the raspberry canes!), but it gives a general idea of the shape, which does not have a flat back surface to it.