If You Find This On Your Christmas Tree, Don’t Bring It In Your House!
That’s not a pine-cone!
DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 29: Workers at Glaisters Farm near Dumfries harvest this year’s crop of Christmas trees as they prepare for the festive season on November 29, 2016 in Dumfries, Scotland. With Christmas fast approaching, thousands of British grown trees will be sold across the country with 80% of the trees being the Nordman FIR and around 10-15% Norway Spruce, and the remainder are lesser known varieties. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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That's not a pine-cone!
It's a praying mantis egg mass (oothecas) and you do not want it in your house!
The hard shell protects the eggs during the hard winter and bringing them in your warm home can trigger an early hatching.
Can you imagine hundreds of them in your home? GROSS!
