South African praying mantis eggcase
Miomantis caffra Saussure
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Size range
- Eggcase up to 30 mm long
Distribution
- From South Africa
- In New Zealand since about 1978
Life History
- Egg case is fawn. When laid it is foamy like meringue, which then hardens
- Adults are predacious, catch insects
- Variable in colour, green to brown
- Usually hides under leaves
