I'm fairly certain it is a very old American cockroach egg capsule (ootheca), which may have been partially eaten by a mouse or something else a long time ago. You are looking at the two rows of dried up eggs in the capsule. American cockroaches are infamous for gluing egg capsules to objects. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: BLAKE C.E. <chelsea.e.bl...@durham.ac.uk> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 2:40 pm Subject: [pestlist] Need Help With Identification
I am conserving an African mask with this embedded on the surface. Could anyone help me identify what sort of insect this may be? Thank you