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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Tenodera » Tenodera aridifolia » Chinese Mantid (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis)
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Mantid egg cases - Tenodera aridifolia
Copyright © 2008 Vespula vulgaris

Mantid egg cases - Tenodera aridifolia
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
December 26, 2008
Went on a walk around the neighborhood and found a ton of these things along the side of the road.

We will tie them out in various bushes around the yard.
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Contributed by Vespula vulgaris on 27 December, 2008 - 1:19pm
Last updated 27 January, 2009 - 5:42am

Moved
Moved from Mantids.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 January, 2009 - 5:42am login or register to post comments

Probably Chinese mantis.
These look to be ootheca of the Chinese mantis....Remember they are highly cannibalistic as nymphs, so it might be overkill to put so many in your yard:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 December, 2008 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you are right
They seem to be the most common in my area...

Yeah I've had experience with the way they cannibalize each other.. My biology teacher actually kept a whole bunch of hatchlings in the same cage and wondered where they all went

We will try to spread these out around the yard.
… Vespula vulgaris, 27 December, 2008 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

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