Found in the GARDEN II

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#1 Post by exile »

I have opened a new topic because all attemts to find the original have failed

Many, (too) many moons ago; I promised to get a photo of a Praying Mantis egg sack - or better called by the biologists a ootheca.

Since then I have found the egg sacks and have had no camera, or have had a camera and no egg sacks to see. In the open they do seem to be somewhat transitory. I have now found one protected in the inside structure of the greenhouse door frame.




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As I suggested all those months ago, it looks a bit like a trilobite.
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#2 Post by Blaze »

I found it in about 2 minutes !
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#3 Post by exile »

Char
can you blend my post into the original please.

Blaze, I took 15 minutes with search and everything I tried told me not enough specific words

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#4 Post by widge »

Praying mantis eggs

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#5 Post by exile »

Strictly no it is not. It is the structure that holds the eggs - and they have already left from this structure.
The structure is known as the ootheca.

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#6 Post by widge »

exile wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 10:34 pm Strictly no it is not. It is the structure that holds the eggs - and they have already left from this structure.
The structure is known as the ootheca.
Yes you are correct, I didn't look that closely at the picture.
This is one being created, (hopefully the picture comes out)
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#7 Post by exile »

Excellent picture @widge

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+1

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