Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 53

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,057
· Newest Member: Wilko Scheeres
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· binturong00:27:35
· weia00:34:22
· Carnifex01:11:09
· Quaedfliegh01:35:08
· Juergen Peters02:12:54
· John Carr02:19:15
· Andre Burgers03:02:55
· cavedip03:11:39
· evdb03:14:11
· Elena Regina03:17:12
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Print Thread
unknown object on Magnolia
Thomas Brand
#1 Print Post
Posted on 26-02-2013 07:45
Member

Location:
Posts: 147
Joined: 12.01.12

Dear all,

on Magnolia imported from Japan to Germany, unknown objects were found. First idea was a pupa, maybe Lepidoptera, but a cut revealed that it looks more like an egg mass.
Any idea?

Thanks in advance
Thomas
Edited by Thomas Brand on 26-02-2013 07:47
 
Thomas Brand
#2 Print Post
Posted on 26-02-2013 07:50
Member

Location:
Posts: 147
Joined: 12.01.12

pic1
Thomas Brand attached the following image:


[57.29Kb]
Edited by Thomas Brand on 26-02-2013 07:54
 
Thomas Brand
#3 Print Post
Posted on 26-02-2013 07:54
Member

Location:
Posts: 147
Joined: 12.01.12

pic2
Thomas Brand attached the following image:


[53.33Kb]
 
Thomas Brand
#4 Print Post
Posted on 26-02-2013 07:55
Member

Location:
Posts: 147
Joined: 12.01.12

pic3
Thomas Brand attached the following image:


[62.18Kb]
 
ChrisR
#5 Print Post
Posted on 26-02-2013 09:36
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Reading, England
Posts: 7703
Joined: 12.07.04

It's a praying mantis egg case.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.
 
http://tachinidae.org.uk
piros
#6 Print Post
Posted on 26-02-2013 09:39
Member

Location: Szeged, Hungary
Posts: 1801
Joined: 04.01.12

Hi, this is an empty egg-case of a Mantidae, a preying mantis.

Best regards,

Henrik
 
Thomas Brand
#7 Print Post
Posted on 26-02-2013 09:40
Member

Location:
Posts: 147
Joined: 12.01.12

Thank you very much for your quick and competent reply!
Perfect!

Thomas
 
piros
#8 Print Post
Posted on 26-02-2013 09:51
Member

Location: Szeged, Hungary
Posts: 1801
Joined: 04.01.12

Oops, slow typingGrin
 
Thomas Brand
#9 Print Post
Posted on 24-04-2013 08:19
Member

Location:
Posts: 147
Joined: 12.01.12

Hello,

after some weeks in an incubator, about 50 small preying mantis hatched. Most of them were given to a pet shop, but we held 7, of which 5 are still alive and thriving. Is it possible to identify the species? Origin is Japan, close to Fukushima.

Thanks
Thomas
Thomas Brand attached the following image:


[55.63Kb]
Edited by Thomas Brand on 24-04-2013 08:21
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
unknown fly, may be Rhinophoridae? --> Rhinophoria lepida Diptera (adults) 6 20-08-2025 12:05
unknown lonchaeidae Diptera (adults) 10 17-08-2025 10:16
Unknown Syrphid (12.08.25) Syrphidae 2 15-08-2025 12:17
Unknown male sciapus, Need help with ID Diptera (adults) 1 02-08-2025 13:29
Unknown Fly Diptera (adults) 2 25-07-2025 16:49
Date and time
21 August 2025 00:38
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download


Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

15.08.25 10:15
For those specialists not active on Facebook, I just ask to consider to join our group on FB. Please, be aware that it is not necessary at all to be active on FB outside the diptera group. Actually, n

15.08.25 10:13
We received requests to get permission to ask for ID in our Facebook group, https://www.facebo
ok.com/groups/1798
95332035235/ Until now we pointed to diptera.info, but since Paul's passing we not

23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
il.com

28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

08.05.25 18:22
I have

03.05.25 08:35
Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?

Render time: 1.03 seconds | 237,199,870 unique visits