Thinl I have an ooth

[JTHMfreak]

This is on my patio underneath my neighbors patio (if that makes sense), I can't tell if it is a mantis ooth, you will have to excue the quality I took the pic on my phone. It is grey and looks to have either a hole or a hollow part at the base of it. I am not sure what it is, if it is indeed a mantis ooth (I should be so lucky) how should I get it down and how should I care for it?

 

[Rick]

It is an ooth but it looks to have been painted over. It is probably long since hatched.

 

[JTHMfreak]

damn

 

[hibiscusmile]

hum, my eyes are going, but it looks like a paper wasp sack

 

[JTHMfreak]

Well I tried a closer inspection and it just crumbled, so whatever was inside of it must have left long long ago.

 

[Rick]

hum, my eyes are going, but it looks like a paper wasp sack

Looks like a European ooth.

If it was that brittle it had probably been there for years.

 

[hibiscusmile]

crumbled, means wasp egg, did it fall apart like into powder or something?

sorry Rick, I come across them all the time.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Just reviewed the photo, it appears to have one made right next to it, it is wasp egg.

 

[Rick]

Just reviewed the photo, it appears to have one made right next to it, it is wasp egg.

I don't see that at all. Do you mean paper wasp or mud dauber type? It looks like an old ooth from that angle to me. I've found many old ooths that crumbled when removed.

 

[BugLover]

When I click on the picture it looks like an abandoned Dirt Dobber (might be spelled wrong) nest

 

[hibiscusmile]

yea, that's what I think too, will see If I got one to take pic of.

 

[mantid_mike]

That's definitely the work of a mud-dauber wasp. I find these on occasion as well.