[Taxacom] Wasp (?) nest in Bahia, Brazil

[John Landolt]

RE: the Bowdichia "ornament"

Might the structure be the egg case of a mantid?

Cheers to all,

John

John Landolt
Research Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, WV
http://shyretiring.blogspot.com/

On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Alex Popovkin wrote:

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/plants_of_russian_in_brazil/sets/ 
> 72157613391628272/
>
> Found on a low branch of *Bowdichia virgilioides* Kunth in the  
> Atlantic
> forest area of Bahia, Brazil, and kept indoors since yesterday.   
> Besides the
> possibility of an ID, a question of the prudence of keeping it  
> indoors is
> being raised.
>
> Thanks to the curious.
>
> Alex Popovkin
> -12.01783 -38.04863
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/plants_of_russian_in_brazil/
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