So today I'm washing windows.

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...

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Magenta · F

Looks more like a hornets nest.

Praying mantis nests are very small and oblong. I find them all the time here.

Tumbleweed · F

@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.

Magenta · F

@Tumbleweed Hmm interesting. It's hard to tell the exact size of it. Did you look it up on-line?

Tumbleweed · F

@Magenta Not yet. It's quite small actually, like the size of a grape