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Mantid ootheca

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

25mm by 22mm solidified foam egg container; white; layered with shapes remaining from the laying process.

Habitat:

Wrapped onto fresh eucalyptus stem. Open dry forest mostly casurina and acacia with very few eucalyptus.

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Ootheca

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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2012

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