There are three of these attached to the inside of the door to our shed. Does anyone know what it is?

by ApportArcane

27 Comments

  1. Ephemeral_Woods

    Looks like a European mantis egg sac

  2. Nearby_Jaguar3020

    Definitely look up to see if they are native to your area. If not then maybe a small bonfire so you don’t have to think about it. They are APEX predators insect wise and will kill everything including pollinators for your yard

  3. vm_linuz

    Ootheca (mantis eggs in a solidified foamy matrix)

  4. SalsaChica75

    Wow! Look how intricate and amazing their work is!

  5. DustyIsGreat

    an ancient creature known as a trilobite

  6. Dizzy_Assistant_8437

    It looks like the native Carolina mantis egg sac which is great! It’s good to encourage those native bugs (plus they’re darling).

  7. Similar-Sir-2952

    Trilobites have returned from mass extinction!!!

  8. TheFuckerNugger

    Please do not destroy or remove. Those are beneficial insect eggs, specifically preying mantis eggs.

  9. I have hundreds of these every year on my deck. Nice having the little dudes around

  10. Cesia_Barry

    Was so thrilled the year I had a mantis case in my organic garden.

  11. Artpixel23

    Those I think are the native ones (for the USA) the Chinese ones look more like a little basket shape, we squish them cause they eat native while life where I am (butterflies and even a humming bird 🙁 )

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