On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:14:37 -0400, "Elaine"
wrote:

Well many thanks David and Lar you have solved this mystery I have always
wondered about. I really didn't think it was the praying mantis as someone
told me but I could tell it was something inside eating it's way out.

Hi Elaine,

The Preying Mantis egg mass looks like brown foam and is
usually stuck to things like your garage door, siding,
posts... See this link for some photos:

http://whatsthatbug.com/mantis.html

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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