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Chinese Mantid ootheca - Tenodera sinensis

Chinese Mantid ootheca - Tenodera sinensis
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 10, 2011
Size: approx 25mm diameter
Originally submitted as: Vacated ootheca ?
Thank you, Charley and mantisboy
Found in the underbrush along a grassy trail in southeastern PA

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Thanks.

Empty ootheca of a mantis.
Possibly a Chinese Mantis (Tenodera ardifolia)

Yes, looks like an old
Chinese mantid ootheca.

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