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Praying Mantis egg case

A Praying Mantis (family Mantidae) egg case on a plant. Female praying mantises lay their eggs in a foamy substance that hardens into a Styrofoam-like egg case. The egg case persists throughout the winter, and in the spring, about 200 nymphs emerge.

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