Update-- here's a newer pic:


http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/wthmohit4.jpg

Found it growing on a cedar tree. Is it some sort of insect egg case? Or a parasitic plant? Or an
advance scout for an alien invasion force?

I could get better pictures of it with my digital camera tommorrow, if necessary (these were from my
flatbed scanner).

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/wthmohit1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/wthmohit2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/wthmohit3.jpg