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Carolina Mantis Egg Case

Stagmomantis carolina

Photo by KenCheeks
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Field Notes

Description:

This is an egg case (ootheca) of the Carolina mantis. The egg case has a layered or ribbed look and is trapezoidal, not spherical, in shape.

Habitat:

Attached to dead wood. Surrounding area is an oak hammock in the middle of an old rice plantation. Photographed along Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.

Notes:

Confirmed on BugGuide.net.

Reference Links:

Wild Maryland 101: Amazing Maryland Bugs: Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolin…

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PublishedMarch 8, 2013

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