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This was in late summer 2020, i worked an outside job and was fighting the good fight against the invasive spotted lantern fly. I saw this mantis hanging out so i got one for her and she devoured it. A week later she was still in the same area (i was monitoring her presence the whole time) and found her laying her egg sack. Later that day she was dead a few inches away

I put a note on the door so people were aware of the ootheca (there was no tenant in the building space at the time luckily) and they did hatch successfully