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Praying mantis eggs nest or pods Royalty Free Stock Photo

Praying mantis eggs nest or pod or sac in spring at Ed Zorinsky Lake park Omaha Nebraska. `Soon after mating, a female praying mantis deposits a mass of eggs on a twig or other suitable structure. She may lay just a few dozen eggs or as many as 400 at one time. Using special accessory glands on her abdomen, the mother mantis then covers her eggs with a frothy substance, which hardens quickly to a consistency similar to polystyrene`.