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This was a 20mm oval-shaped cocoon with coarse matted orange/brown coloured material arranged almost in segments on either side of a flattened bare linear strip. The median strip had a zig-zag pattern along its length as if the two sides were sutured together. The "cocoon" tapered off to one end and on the other end there was a small opening. Around the opening there appeared to what looked like dried-up foam. Pic #3 shows some of the orange material stretched along the wall to one side and above the cocoon. The cocoon also seems to have a whitish underlying matrix. The "cocoon" felt firm and hard.
Would like some help identifying this - it looks almost like a mantis ootheca - maybe it is ?
Spotted on Feb 6, 2012
Submitted on Feb 6, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks Martin, will do.
Segments are typical of an ootheca (egg case) of a mantis. It's not one I am used to seeing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis I think you can also add it to the eggs mission.
Martin - any idea what it is ??