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Moby Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) Jul 31, 2009

Found this on my wood fence and wondered what it might belong to ~

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 31, 2009

This is an egg case (ootheca) of a praying mantis, possibly a Carolina mantid, Stagmomantis carolina - see http://tinyurl.com/nf7mqo

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Moby Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) Jul 31, 2009

That's a nice surprise ~ and welcome guests. Thank you!

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Happy1892 Wake Forest, NC Feb 12, 2012

That is a Stagmomantis californica ootheca. Wasps got into that ootheca.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Feb 13, 2012

Are there reliable collection records of Stagmomantis californica from Nebraska?

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Happy1892 Wake Forest, NC Feb 13, 2012

I do not know. I will try to find out.

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Happy1892 Wake Forest, NC Feb 15, 2012

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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