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translucent egg case - Malacosoma
Copyright © 2019 Lisa S Couper

translucent egg case - Malacosoma
Latrobe, El Dorado County, California, USA
September 14, 2019
Size: 10mm in width
This translucent case wraps around the twig. It appears to be full of white eggs. Note Western Tree Cricket singing within 12 inches of this object (egg case)
Contributed by Lisa S Couper on 29 September, 2019 - 11:54am
Last updated 10 September, 2023 - 7:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 September, 2023 - 7:01pm

Well,
Looks like a preying mantis caccoon.
… Seth Wickham, 3 March, 2021 - 12:54pm

 
Should then be moved to Manto
Should then be moved to Mantodea?
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 17 December, 2021 - 9:06pm

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