I came across this on the outside of my dining room window. It's the size of a grape. Is it a Praying Mantis cocoon? And has it hatched yet? I don't want to disrupt it, whatever it is...
On your cell phone you should use Google lens and it should bring up what it is exactly.
If you have that Google widget on your phone you'll have a microphone and then a little square next to it press that little square that's called Google lens. I usually use that for detecting what Vines and shrubbery is what because I I want to know what is Poison ivy and what's not cuz I need to stay away from that stuff.
That does appear to be praying mantis handiwork. Not a cocoon but an egg sack. They will hatch in spring and lower themselves on filaments. There could be 200-600 eggs in there. The young are cannibalistic so usually 6-12 survive. That’s a pretty cool find.
@Bearsfan67 I think I'll just leave it alone. It's attached to the screen frame, which I have to take out in order to get to the window itself so I'll just let it be 🙂
@Magenta Hmmm... I've seen it from the inside for awhile now but thought it was a dead bug. I've never seen any activity around it at all. Then when I went out to clean, I realized it's some sort of nest.
@Tumbleweed Bees are not hornets, though unlike wasps both those genus won’t bother you too much. Bees will pollinate. Hornets will get rid of most of the insect pests in you gardens but unfortunately possibly bees and other useful insects as well. Wasps and more likely to end up stinging you because they are constantly after what you have and totally disrespectful of human personnel space. Praying mantis - we dont get them. Guess they are good for pest control as well although I read they are not above eating aphids and black fly.
