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This looks like an intermediate stage of something attached to a leaf by small strands. Oblong and rounded in shape. Brown with spots. The size is about 8 mm in length.
Attached to a leaf in our wilder section of our 40 hectares.
I looked close to make sure it wasn't something a bird had dropped. Not messy enough and secured in place.
Spotted on May 30, 2011
Submitted on Jun 4, 2011
8 Comments
Thanks, Ashish. I'll look through BugGuide.com and see if they have a picture. These intermediate forms are a challenge.
May be beetle egg or case baring larvae
mantis eggs seem to be bigger - in Europe they are the size from 3 cm to 6 cm diameter, nearly white or light brown. they look as if they had "gills"
With your suggestion, Ashish, I just watched a Youtube video of the hatching of a Praying Mantis case. It is larger, though may be some species have smaller individual cases, too.
I think its very close to Mantis egg. Not sure..
Thanks, Ashish. I have no idea, so your input is helpful. I looked for legs and found none and it was attached with silken like material.
Some bag caterpillars also look like it.
Look like a egg of an Insect.