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I Found a Hard, Foam-Like Brown Structure on My Fence — Here’s What It Could Be

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quietly supporting your garden’s natural balance.

The structure is most often a praying mantis egg case, called an ootheca. Created in late summer or fall, the female mantis produces a protective casing that hardens around her eggs, keeping them safe through winter. Though modest in size, this casing can contain hundreds of developing mantises waiting continue reading …

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