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Eyebake La Plata, MD Jul 18, 2011

Can someone please identify this? I am assuming that it's a nest of some sort and it was found in Southern Maryland. Thank you.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jul 18, 2011

Hard to tell but it may be a Mantid nest. Can you show it from the side?

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 19, 2011

Sure looks like a typical Mantis egg case commonly seen locally.

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2gardenkate Crofton, MD(Zone 7a) Jul 19, 2011

I agree with you greenthumb99, and at this time of year it would be empty. The mantis nymphs having hatched in spring.

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 19, 2011

Brought one such case inside when I was quite young. It hatched out on a Sunday morning; about a hundred minature mantises all over my room as we were about to leave for church. :-0

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Eyebake La Plata, MD Jul 19, 2011

Thank you all so much! This is the only picture that I have. It's in a friend's yard and she was stung very badly by something unknown and didn't want to get too close to it until she knew what it was. Thanks again!

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