Found this on my wood fence and wondered what it might belong to ~
CLOSED: Egg Case?
This is an egg case (ootheca) of a praying mantis, possibly a Carolina mantid, Stagmomantis carolina - see http://tinyurl.com/nf7mqo
This message was edited Jul 31, 2009 5:03 PM
That's a nice surprise ~ and welcome guests. Thank you!
That is a Stagmomantis californica ootheca. Wasps got into that ootheca.
Are there reliable collection records of Stagmomantis californica from Nebraska?
I do not know. I will try to find out.
I have read on bugguid.net that their range is Texas, Colorado, west to California. Within that state, southern California: arid and desert regions, north into Central Valley.
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