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Carolina mantis ootheca

Stagmomantis carolina

Photo by momsavang
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Description:

It's hard to tell because its wedged between the wall and a downspout, is this another ootheca?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
momsavang
Oh cool! I couldn't tell from where it was at what the shape was. I'm happy to have so many mantids around!
ForestDragon
I am suspecting that this is a Carolina Mantis ootheca. http://bugguide.net/node/view/4821 Brunner's Mantis ootheca look like this: http://bugguide.net/node/view/684633
momsavang
Thank you! Maybe more Brunner's mantis for us? I found one of their ootheca in the spring then an actual mantis a couple weeks ago.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2016

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