CLOSED: Is this an eggcase?

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Nov 30, 2007

And if so, anyone know what kind of bug? And has it already hatched?
Thanks

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OldNed Merritt Island, FL(Zone 10a) Dec 01, 2007

Yep....Mantis egg case (but not the imported Praying Mantis)
Don't know if it's hatched yet

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Dec 01, 2007

oh lucky you Kell. You won't have as many bugs eating your plants next year

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Dec 01, 2007

This case is sort of a little like the first one. Just over an inch long. Could this be mantis too? I'm only aware of the fatter triangular ones.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Dec 01, 2007

Thanks OldNed. Hi Donna! I bought a couple of cases in spring and put them right near where I found this one. But if I recall correctly they were much bigger and round.

Sally, I have no clue but maybe Old Ned will come back.

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OldNed Merritt Island, FL(Zone 10a) Dec 02, 2007

Kell and sallyg,

The Mantis egg cases sold in the US are from the Chinese Praying Mantis Tenodera aridfolia sinensis

That's the one with the egg case as shown in the HYPERLINK below. This guy is well established all over the US. It's the one most often seen because of its size-lots larger than any of our native species.



http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/oldned/Mantis.jpg

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Dec 02, 2007

I don't know how I got this far in life not knowing those were Chinese mantises.

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Happy1892 Wake Forest, NC Feb 12, 2012

That looks like a Stagmomantis californica ootheca! It already hatched. Stagmomantis carolina hatch for many days, so I think this ootheca still could have had some nymphs inside when you took the picture.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Feb 17, 2012

Thanks.. Hopefully I still have them.

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Happy1892 Wake Forest, NC May 22, 2013

Oh, sorry. Now I think it is Iris oratoria.

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